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Shocking moment woman is handcuffed and fined £100 for feeding pigeons in London
The Standard ^ | 1/10/2026 | Sami Quadri

Posted on 01/10/2026 8:42:59 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

A woman was placed in handcuffs by police and fined £100 for feeding pigeons in London.

Video footage captured by a passerby showed the woman being detained by a group of officers and council enforcement workers in Harrow on Wednesday.

A notice later handed to the woman showed she had been stopped for breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order which covers town and district centres in Harrow.

The woman, who was visibly upset at times, was surrounded by at least six police officers and two council enforcement officers.

The incident unfolded at around 3pm on Wednesday on the High Street in Wealdstone, London.

Police were seen searching the woman's pockets while a man filming the encounter repeatedly challenged the officers over the stop.

Her possessions were confiscated and placed in a plastic bag by officers, although they were later returned.

The woman, who has not been identified, was placed in the back of a police van but was later released.

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1 posted on 01/10/2026 8:42:59 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

>> council enforcement workers

Hey, we have those here in ‘Murica!

Only we call ‘em “Homeowners Association busybodies”. :-)


2 posted on 01/10/2026 8:46:10 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
She should be jailed.

"Free range" pigeons are disease carriers.

3 posted on 01/10/2026 8:46:24 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Nervous Tick

6 cops, 6. Meanwhile the rape gangs get free housing.


4 posted on 01/10/2026 8:50:31 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: MinorityRepublican

They took her stuff but later gave it back. They put her in a van but later let her go. These are the kinds of details that only journalists keep straight.


5 posted on 01/10/2026 8:50:45 AM PST by webheart (Notice how I said all of that without any hyphens, and only complete words? )
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To: MinorityRepublican

>> The woman, who was visibly upset at times, was surrounded by at least six police officers and two council enforcement officers.

If that’s the response to feeding pigeons, imagine how many bobbies and council workers respond to a rape of an underage British lass by an “asian migrant”!

... if migrant rape was illegal in Britain, that is, but unlike feeding pigeons, muslim rape doesn’t appear to be a no-no.


6 posted on 01/10/2026 8:52:37 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: iamgalt

heh... see #6


7 posted on 01/10/2026 8:53:43 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Tuppence, Tuppence, for Birds...


8 posted on 01/10/2026 8:55:08 AM PST by epluribus_2 (!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Flying rats. Nuff said


9 posted on 01/10/2026 8:55:27 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“... tuppence a bag...”


10 posted on 01/10/2026 8:56:35 AM PST by motor_racer (Who will bell the cat?)
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To: Nervous Tick
Our town brought in breeding pairs of Falcons. In three years we had no pigeons. Then they began working the Sparrows. Squirrels are too big for them to carry off, so they rip out the good parts for an hour or so until the carcass gets cold. We now have hundreds of breeding pairs. They are horrific on feral or stray kittens. The adult cats they leave alone.

Best solution ever. They do fight with the owls, but don't seem to do them harm. I think they keep opposing shifts on their schedules.

11 posted on 01/10/2026 8:57:25 AM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY


12 posted on 01/10/2026 8:58:20 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Michael, I will not permit you to throw your money away! When we get to the bank, I shall show you what may be done with your tuppence. And I think you’ll find it extremely interesting.


13 posted on 01/10/2026 9:00:30 AM PST by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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"Free range" pigeons are disease carriers.

So are free range humans.

14 posted on 01/10/2026 9:01:16 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: MinorityRepublican
Pigeons are dirty birds...


15 posted on 01/10/2026 9:02:46 AM PST by Fresh Wind (I voted for Trump the Fighter, not a wussified wimp!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I remember fondly the song “Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins with veteran actress Jane Darwell in the role of the Bird Woman, her last acting role. How things have changed!


16 posted on 01/10/2026 9:04:12 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They would have arrested Mary Poppins for encouraging the kids under her care to “FEED THE BIRDS, TUPPENCE A BAG” near the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral


17 posted on 01/10/2026 9:04:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: motor_racer

I thought of that too and posted.


18 posted on 01/10/2026 9:05:05 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Genesis - Pigeons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWTwiNzf100


19 posted on 01/10/2026 9:05:09 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Fresh Wind

Once my friend left the windows open on his car. You can guess what happened to the interior...


20 posted on 01/10/2026 9:05:39 AM PST by Fresh Wind (I voted for Trump the Fighter, not a wussified wimp!)
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