[Stoat]

From the article:

 

• A Cheshire man who was cautioned by police for being "found in possession of an egg with intent to throw"
• A child in Kent who removed a slice of cucumber from a tuna mayonnaise sandwich and threw it at another youngster was arrested because the other child’s parents claimed it was an assault
• A woman in the West Midlands arrested on her wedding day for criminal damage to a car park barrier when her foot slipped on her accelerator pedal
• The child in Kent who was arrested for throwing buns at a bus
• A 70-year-old Cheshire pensioner - who had never been in trouble with the law - who was arrested for criminal damage after cutting back a neighbour’s conifers too vigorously
• Two Manchester children who were arrested under firearms laws for being in possession of a plastic toy pistol

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"We have got into the situation where everyone is so busy chasing targets and securing ticks in boxes we are on the verge of distancing ourselves from middle England."

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Julie Nesbit, an officer in South Yorkshire, will say: "The police service lacks proper leadership and direction from the Association of Chief Officers (Acpo), to such an extent that the service is facing a slow and painful melt down. It is astonishing that our police chiefs are in such disarray and the general public will be the victim."

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I would suggest that their Socialist Overseers have merely done what Socialists do best, which is micromanaging populations from afar without any particular understanding of the dynamics of the populations,

Hopefully these problems can be addressed before there is a massive public backlash.

[VaBthang4]

"The Police Federation of England and Wales said judging officers on the number of arrests, cautions and fines they achieved was causing them to "criminalise middle England", by taking action on minor behaviour which would have been dealt with by discretion and common sense a decade ago. "

Liberalism...coming to a street near you.

[Vaquero]

the same crap is happening here in the good old US of A.

in the words of Jack Nicholson as the Joker.

“This town needs an enema”

[2banana]

How did England get to this point?

“Sons of Scotland! I am William Wallace - and I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. You’ve come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom? Will you fight? Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you’ll live. At least awhile. And, dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!”
—Mel Gibson as William Wallace, speaking to the Scots - outnumbered three to one - on the battlefield at Stirling Bridge, A.D. 1297. (Braveheart, 1995)

[rod1]

Is Middle England anything like Middle Earth?

If the Walsings are criminalized at the drop of a hat, I would hate to think how they must treat the Niberlungens.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

I would suggest that their Socialist Overseers have merely done what Socialists do best, which is micromanaging populations from afar without any particular understanding of the dynamics of the populations,..

Very untrue. Socialists manage populations knowing the law abiding compliant citizen will put up with this crap. They also know not to try and enforced it on Blacks and Muslims because of the reaction and noise it generates. The natural outcome is to enforced petty stuff against the compliant citizen and turn the other way so as not to cause a disturbance or face danger enforcing real crime. The socialists know this. They do it with the idea of they, the socialists, will garner greater political power which leads to payoffs, pensions, and graft. They do it for themselves.

The cure, create bigger disturbances than the Blacks and Muslims.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

And they arrest innocent citizens who defend their life and property.
This is what you get when liberals take over. It’s also crazy. See my user name...

[ichabod1]

mmmmm... cream buns. That sounds good.

[CaptRon]

securing ticks in boxes

Well, I suppose I can see how that could take some time if I knew what the heck he was talking about.

[fortunecookie]

Record numbers on anti-depressants (Great Britian)

Could there be a connection? It would be depressing to watch the bad guys go free and the misdemeanor behaviors criminalized...