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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: DougDoug Date: Sep 9, 2008 22:54
On 27 Aug, 13:58, %%ste...@ malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: > Mike P privacy.net> wrote:>>> You obviously have no experience of security guards who can be very
>>> intimidating and all they have to do is radio the cops who will bang
>>> you up for refusing to give your name and address, plus a few other
>>> trumped up charges.
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>> No, they can't. A security guard has precisely the same power as a normal
>> citizen.
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> Duhg is attempting obfuscation.
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> What he means is that he finds security guards intimidating.
> If he attempts to browbeat them by screaming at them that they are
> fascist pigs they call the police.
> When the police arrive they point out that Duhng is guilty of a public
> order offence.
> The police then ask Duhng for his name and address.
> When Duhng refuses to give these details the police arrest him.
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> According to Duhng these are "trumped up charges".
"...The 36-year-old unnamed man was found with head injuries below a
block of flats after 'police officers and UK immigration officials
attended a residential address in Lambourne Court, Woodford Green'. A
post mortem has been held and the cause of death was given as head and
chest injuries. At least four other people are known to have died
during similar incidents, Joy Gardner (1993); Joseph Nnalue (1994);
Noorjahan Begum (1996) and Joseph Crentsil (2001). All the deaths have
occurred in the London area and all but one (Noorjahan Begum) involved
the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and immigration officers..."
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