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'I was exercising at the park - the next thing I knew snipers were aiming at me' (www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
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[–] 54 points 7 months ago (10 children)

WTF, they still cuffed him and brought him in after it had to have been obvious it was a jump rope and a weighted vest?

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  • [+] -24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    It's an incident that needed to be processed unfortunately.

    Edit: Ok, they could just let him go right there and try to answer or guess the answer to a lot of questions about who he was or what he was doing.

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  • [–] 53 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    But processed with the guy in cuffs?!

    This is the sort of stuff that shows our bobbies are becoming ever more like Americans' pigs.

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  • [+] -16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Guy was running around in a vest that looked like a bomb vest, close to a Jewish community while in other countries they are being simultaneously threatened. You think they were going to end it there, by not taking him into the station and giving him a chance to make a statement for in case there's some kind of pushback or worse, he gets targeted too?

    He said they treated him well. I've been in handcuffs before (employer cancelled my visa in-country) and it's not a big deal.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I didn't say don't take him back to be processed.

    I just don't see the need for him to be cuffed once the police know it's a skipping rope and he's no threat.

    As for "no big deal", it's also about optics and respect. A lot of law enforcement techniques are about imposing lack of personhood on someone and by limiting those impositions it shows that the individual isn't a threat and is being treated as something other than a criminal.

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  • [–] -3 points 7 months ago

    "I said to the police, 'it's better safe than sorry'," he said. "I'm not blaming the police, they were very nice with me. I was being nice with them, we work together. That's why we pay our taxes so we keep ourselves safe."

    Again, I don't think he took issue with being processed in handcuffs after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.

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  • [+] -31 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Going around with jumper cables sounds pretty sus, tbh

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  • [–] 49 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Skipping rope you muppet. Not a set of electric wires but a bit of plastic with handles you fucking frolic thru you toss pot.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Not to mention. Their are far far more legitimate reason for someone to carry electrical wires. Then non legitimate ones.

    I regularly work on my boats electrics. Where I carry 35mm2 wire and other electrical parts to the boat. As my vision means driving is not possible. This means busses and walking in the street to the boat yard.

    If police stopped and pointed guns at me. And I heard multiple officers calling "Shoot Him". I'd sure as fuck be suing them. And fucking fuming in the press.

    And @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone anyone calling me Sus would likely be told to go fuck themselves.

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