"Robbie" wrote in message
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> gavin wrote:
>> A friend of mine has just told me about how he was arrested recently for
>> an alleged assault. The police reaction seemed well over the top to me
>> and I wondered what anyone else thought?
>> Apparently, my mate's neighbour has dogs which bark constantly and that
>> really tees him off. The dogs were barking the other night fairly late on
>> so apparently he went out to have a word with his neighbour who told him
>> to "eff off".
>>
>> Not many minuets later a police van pulls up outside. After a while they
>> knock on his door and arrest him for assault. The neighbour called the
>> police alleging that my mate had "pushed" him!
>>
>> My mate denied the charge but nevertheless the police handcuffed him, put
>> him the back of the van and took him to the police station where he spent
>> the next seven hours in a cell!!! Eventually, they interviewed him and
>> whoever makes these decisions said there was no charge to answer and so
>> he was released?
>>
>> My mate said there were no witnesses so I'm assuming that was why the
>> charge was dropped.
>>
>> But surely the police investigating the charge at the time would have
>> known that there were no witnesses and so there wouldn't be a charge to
>> answer?
>>
>> My friend was not asked for his side of the story until he was
>> interviewed more than six hours later.
>>
>> Given that the alleged incident was a push and that there were no
>> witnesses anyway isn't it just a little over the top to arrest my mate
>> and handcuff him - certainly without asking him his version of the events
>> first? My friend, by the way, has never been in any trouble before and a
>> milder bloke you couldn't wish to meet.
>>
>> I'd be interested in any comments.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> perhaps I'm being cynical but I forsee this more and more - it helps
> populate the DNA database with minimum effort. It seems to be arrest now,
> ask questions later.
>
> He should have made a counter allegation against the neighbour who would
> have ended up in the adjoining cell but at least the neighbour would have
> joined the database too.
Good point!
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