Pistol-packin' mamas: Fatima Rupp and Holly Spedding
Posted on 05/19/2007 8:06:30 AM PDT by Stoat
As gunfights go, it was something of an unequal contest.
On one side were dozens of armed police officers assisted by dogs, with helicopters hovering over head.
On the other were two teenage girls in cowboy outfits, with one toy gun between them.
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Pistol-packin' mamas: Fatima Rupp and Holly Spedding
Not surprisingly, 19-year-olds Fatima Rupp and Holly Spedding surrendered without a fight in the stand-off outside a Tesco supermarket.
But they faced several hours in police cells before Miss Rupp was cautioned for possession of an imitation firearm and the pair were released.
"We were petrified when we stopped and they came screeching up and surrounded us," said Miss Stepping, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
"There were four jeeps, two vans full of dogs, armed police, helicopters and they were screaming, "Where's the gun?" Our gun was obviously a toy, but the guns the police pointed at us certainly weren't imitations. They were scary. I've never seen a real gun before, it was terrifying."
Miss Rupp added: "I completely froze and was too scared to move an inch in case they shot me. I had a gun pointing in my face."
The incident happened as the pair drove along the M62 after a Cowboys and Indians party at Chester University. Miss Rupp said: "Lorry drivers were pretending to shoot me with their fingers. So I pointed the toy gun back at them. Everyone was smiling and laughing. Some were even pretending to die and shouting 'Bang, bang!'."
An off-duty police officer failed to see the joke, reporting the girls for threatening motorists. Miss Rupp, who was in the passenger seat, said she realised something was wrong when she noticed six police cars on their tail.
The girls pulled off the motorway and into a supermarket car park in Brighouse
"We chose Tesco's car park to stop because there were lots of people around and we thought if they were armed they might be a bit more careful with all the public there," added Miss Rupp, a mother of two.
A police spokesman said: "When we receive reports of guns being pointed at people, we have a duty to take firm action and that means responding with armed officers.
"Imitation weapons are difficult to distinguish from the real thing, especially at distance."
The Bobbies wait while reserve officers are called up to mount an assault on the Cowboys and Indians party located back aways on the M62 at the Little Big Horn on Avon exit.
These two could bring the entire city of Boston to its knees.
The sad part is he thinks he'll be one of the slave masters.
I. Uh. Ummmmm. *blush* *nevermind*
I find that statement to be "terrifying".
Agreed. Not exactly self-reliant, frontier material are they? Quite a society Great Britain has become....Sir Winston would be very sad.
Vote for Rudy and we can all enjoy the benefits of an unarmed society serfdom.
He won't get the stoat vote; of that I can assure you.
Some women are built to be librarians, others, well......
During WWII Americans loaned personal weapons to the English for the purpose of giving the Nazis a really warm welcome if they had invaded. Can you imagine how much hate and discontent that would stir up today?
And don't forget the bombings, with lots of local Muzzies planning more. But the police obviously have other things to do than going after Mad Muzzie Bombers.
The daycare made my Grandson turn his t-shirt inside out because it said “Guns n Roses”. They explained that it is forbidden to write, draw or speak the word gun or any picture of a gun. Same for knives. They can’t even play ball...the bat is too weaponlike. All the kids are being taught that weapons are evil, resistance is futile.
Some a built to have books written about them...
*shrug* Sometimes my mind rises to the gutter...
Things like this tempt me to scour my genealogy charts, to find and erase any genetic links to the British.
Meanwhile, undisturbed around the corner...
BBC Spooked by al-Qaeda (Network pulls TV episode over fears it will upset Muslims)
Great Britain Hamza £25k kitchen stink (British taxpayers to remodel terrorist's house)
Great Britain Ministers beg judges - don't jail any more criminals! (prisons are full)
Great Britain Murdered by human rights (Woman killed by lifer released early)
Great Britain Muslim fanatic works on trains (Publicly glorified suicide bombers)
Great Britain Muslim police officer excused Israel guard duty (Embassy duty excuse labeled P.C.)
Great Britain Navy bans St.George flags (Flag said to upset Turks; reminder of Crusades)
Great Britain POLICE PROSECUTE THEMSELVES FOR SPEEDING (unmarked police car caught on speed camera)
Great Britain Trial halted over lawyer's veil (Full-face veil interfered with communication)
I could have been anyone (Reporter breezes through airport security w-o being asked to lift veil)
The police spokesman is an idiot and a coward. People like him do not deserve freedom and will be enslaved eventially.
I would suggest that he / she will be one of the slavemasters, as the public has no recourse against such idiocy.
If this is what passes for ‘hot’ over there ...
Seriously though — their government is deranged and the future for their population is very bleak.
Hopefully our British Friends will be able to save themselves before it becomes as bad as it is in France.
They have orders not to shoot of Muslims attack their cars and break their windshields,
Interesting; I hadn't heard this before but it falls in line with what I've come to expect.
but you can bet they might have shot these two girls if they hadn’t had the good sense to pull into a crowded parking lot.
Basically, the police are just following orders from their socialist masters.
Agreed.
Another article which may be of interest
Great Britain's Police Government is 'criminalising middle England'
She's preggers...
Wise choice. No limit to what a government can, will, and wants to do - when there are no witnesses...
It's quite something to note that these women were terrified of the police and what they might do. There was no trust, no respect for their professionalism.
If I were to be made uneasy by, for example, an obviously hysterical and unhinged or violent driver on the freeway here in the USA, I would feel comfortable in exiting the freeway and driving to the nearest police station where I would feel safe and know that the proper protective actions would be taken.
It seems that in Great Britain, people wouldn't necessarily feel the same trust and safety in going to the police. What a very sad and ominous commentary on society.
The blond has a paunch that launched a thousand cowboys, I bet.
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