Re: Man arrested and locked up for five hours after taking photo of police van ignoring 'no entry' sign
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Re: Man arrested and locked up for five hours after taking photo of police van ignoring 'no entry' sign         

Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Graculus
Date: Aug 21, 2008 02:28

"Brian Robertson" nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Cl%%qk.41542$JM.8308@newsfe16.ams2...
> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote in message
> news:8ebdb86b-e11b-4366-acf9-cb7f41495b2b@59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>> It could happen to you. Typical police behaviour.
>>
>> "When Andrew Carter saw a police van ignore no-entry signs to reverse
>> up a one-way street to reach a chip shop, he was understandably moved
>> to protest to the driver.
>>
>> Particularly as he lives on the road and always goes out of his way to
>> obey the signs.
>>
>> But his complaint brought a volley of abuse from PC Aqil Farooq.
>>
>> And when Mr Carter took a picture of the van then tried to photograph
>> the officer, PC Farooq rushed out of the shop and knocked his camera
>> to the ground.
>>
>> Mr Carter was then arrested and bundled into the van over claims he
>> had 'assaulted' an officer with his camera, resisted arrest and was
>> drunk and disorderly.
>>
>> He was held in a police cell for five hours before being released on
>> bail at midnight.
>>
>> Mr Carter, 44, lodged a complaint and has since received a personal
>> apology from PC Farooq and Rob Beckley, deputy chief constable of Avon
>> and Somerset Constabulary..."
>>
>> More:
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046853/Man-arrested-locked-hours-taking...
>>
>> --
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>> One man's democracy is another man's regime.
>
> The Asian gentleman should have been sacked.

Not quite sure why they had to make so much of the officer's ethnic origin,
or are the journos trying to make something of it.
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