Post by robotsmfc on Jan 7, 2009 19:20:02 GMT
While doing some studenty-skiving with some mates on Tuesday (we all had a free period at the same time, honest) I bore witness to perhaps the most hilarious spot of law enforcement ever seen.
We were doing the standard fast-food crawl to satisfy everyone's needs; first McDonalds, then Wong's chip shop/chinese and finally we found ourselves in Costa, which is located in the middle of a square that makes up one of the busier shopping areas in the centre of town. It was Tandy who spotted the action first...
Out of nowhere, a policeman completely took out a bloke wearing some clearly shoplifted jeans (they still had the label on them!) and they slid majestically across the ice together, with the miscreant beginning to aim his first punches at the copper perched on his chest.
Although the officer had managed to prevent the illiterate youth from purloining his pepper spray, it became clear that he was incapable of restraining him alone, and he was soon joined by another officer and a man in a suit, presumably the manager of M&S, who soon disappeared back into his shop to call in yet more police.
By this point, a large crowd was beginning to form, and our free period was drawing to a close, so I decided that starting my journey to 12:30's Government & Politics lesson was an excellent excuse to get outside and closer to the action. The most comical spectators included a man in Costa pressed against the window, who was encouraging the police to "'ave the f**ker" and an old lady outside, who had got as close to the action as she deemed safe and was craning her neck to see the intimate detail.
Another viewer was a nearby young chav in Solihull Council a high-vis jacket (presumably on community service) who began to film the scene on his phone. This was just as the backup arrived, and sprung theatrically into action, with one hard-hatted officer jetissoning his headwear as he ran into battle ahead of the others. He was then the first to return from the affray and tell the Spielberg wannabe to get lost. By this point there were several hundred people crowded around to watch the 6 or 7 officers grapple the still resisting offender into cuffs and then leg restrainsts.
"Yo, watch ma f**kin' 'ed man!" he cried as he was unceremoniously winched away by his face, midriff and ankles. The crowd started to disperse, but Tandy and Ben reliably inform me that from their vantage point in Costa (they'd decided that their next lesson wasn't worth the ema/had a second free) that he was taken to the police van, which somehow they all managed to fit into the back of, and the doors closed, only to be followed by a long period of rocking...
Probably the most humorous thing I've seen so far in 2009 ;D
We were doing the standard fast-food crawl to satisfy everyone's needs; first McDonalds, then Wong's chip shop/chinese and finally we found ourselves in Costa, which is located in the middle of a square that makes up one of the busier shopping areas in the centre of town. It was Tandy who spotted the action first...
Out of nowhere, a policeman completely took out a bloke wearing some clearly shoplifted jeans (they still had the label on them!) and they slid majestically across the ice together, with the miscreant beginning to aim his first punches at the copper perched on his chest.
Although the officer had managed to prevent the illiterate youth from purloining his pepper spray, it became clear that he was incapable of restraining him alone, and he was soon joined by another officer and a man in a suit, presumably the manager of M&S, who soon disappeared back into his shop to call in yet more police.
By this point, a large crowd was beginning to form, and our free period was drawing to a close, so I decided that starting my journey to 12:30's Government & Politics lesson was an excellent excuse to get outside and closer to the action. The most comical spectators included a man in Costa pressed against the window, who was encouraging the police to "'ave the f**ker" and an old lady outside, who had got as close to the action as she deemed safe and was craning her neck to see the intimate detail.
Another viewer was a nearby young chav in Solihull Council a high-vis jacket (presumably on community service) who began to film the scene on his phone. This was just as the backup arrived, and sprung theatrically into action, with one hard-hatted officer jetissoning his headwear as he ran into battle ahead of the others. He was then the first to return from the affray and tell the Spielberg wannabe to get lost. By this point there were several hundred people crowded around to watch the 6 or 7 officers grapple the still resisting offender into cuffs and then leg restrainsts.
"Yo, watch ma f**kin' 'ed man!" he cried as he was unceremoniously winched away by his face, midriff and ankles. The crowd started to disperse, but Tandy and Ben reliably inform me that from their vantage point in Costa (they'd decided that their next lesson wasn't worth the ema/had a second free) that he was taken to the police van, which somehow they all managed to fit into the back of, and the doors closed, only to be followed by a long period of rocking...
Probably the most humorous thing I've seen so far in 2009 ;D
;D
