UK police idiot watch

Daily Mail:

After being woken for the third time in one night by a group of drunken and noisy students, Jo Calvert-Mindell was at her wits' end.

The former policewoman got dressed, went outside and shouted at them: 'Why can't you go back to where you come from and make some noise there? I bet your families and neighbours wouldn't put up with it.

'You don't care about us and do just as you like. What gives you the right to frighten my elderly neighbours, cause damage and keep us awake at night?'

She also reported the incident to police, who came and dispersed the eight students.

The 51-year-old grandmother was astonished when four months later she was arrested and accused of being a racist. It turned out that two Asians in the group had complained to the police.

In April, Miss Calvert-Mindell, who has never been in trouble with the police before, was charged with using racially aggravated threatening words or behaviour under section 5 of the Public Order Act.

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That sounds like a pretty specious law if it could be interpreted of find a violation in this case. It also appears to be extremely poor prosecutorial discretion on the part of person responsible for filing this charge. Considering the provocation her statement does not appear to be out of line in the first place.

She was essentially saying go back to your own neighborhood and raise and hell and see how people like it. One of the reasons the Brits have such a law enforcement problem is they keep bringing cases against the victims who are resisting unlawful conduct. This case should be dismissed and the person bringing it should be repremanded.