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BN wrote:

i have been outside downing st plenty of times. I was there when someone handcuffed themselves to the front gate. Fair enough that they were arrested.

this is a violation and intimidation

No it's not.  It's perfectly fair to ask someone what they are doing in a given place.  However, if someone is wearing a placard around their neck and hanging around a security zone, I reckon they'd be more likely to be questioned.

Note that this lady was not arrested or detained in any way.  The headline on the story is deliberately misleading as "holding someone" implies that they were detained, which she wasn't.

I have been outside downing street more times than I could mention and much of Whitehall (the road off which Downing Street leads, where the police cordon and iron gates are and where the lady was questioned) is a security zone these days.  Any driver that stops by the side of the road, other than a taxi or a bus, is likely to be questioned about what they are doing.

Basically, this story is a fuss about nothing.

Bubbalo wrote:

MorbidFetus wrote:

At least your country doesn't have 'First Amendment Zones', does it?

What?

Maybe he means Free Speech Zones.

and if someone does leave a bomb in a starbucks and the cops do nothing when they call about it would you be whining about that, too?

The NYP makes a good cat box liner, as does the NYT, but only if you find them in a dumpster, I wouldn't recommend buying either.

I've had more and bigger bruises after sex

I don't see how that's relevant.  They should have been able to tell that it wasn't a bomb.  I am not arguing that they arrested him improperly (although swearing in front of children strikes me as a bit of a no-no), but rather that there was no cause.

So, you argue that the arrest was fair because he looks like a hippy??????

And people say I'm illogical...............

I wasn't refer to you specifically, but thanks.