There is something seriously wrong in the UK
I am not sure what is going on here, but how some people got to think that this is ACCEPTABLE is really beyond me.
Spiked by INJECTION: Women 'needled with date rape drugs' in nightclubs in Edinburgh and Liverpool leaving them facing HIV checks as police arrest man in Nottingham after three attacks there in two weeks
@zleap wow this is a new level of attempted rape/attack I havent heard before. Quite disgusting of course.
@freemo Yeah, up to now drinks have been spiked, so people became more aware, you can get covers for glasses for example, there is cctv, people are perhaps more aware / observant.
this just takes it to another level now.
Problem is the UK is WEAK and PATHETIC when it comes to handing out sentences, so people are doing this with impunity, low chance of getting caught, lower chances of getting convicted and if caught and convicted you end up with a low prison term.
Not sure but in Rochdale the local authority was so scared of being branded racist they didn't step in with regard to Asian gangs grooming and raping young girls.
Not the same thing, but a concerning pattern. I will admit it is common for the news to play race politics in how they report to such a degree as to lead to absurdity.
I remember a british friend posted an article about this "racist" old white lady who was racist because she called the cops on a black guy for breaking and entering into his own home. I mean he was locked out and breaking into the home through his window. It seems a reasonable response for her to have and to assume she must have just been racist because the dude was black was laughably absurd, yet that seems to be how the news spins it quite often.
I seem to remember that story,
I agree she did the right thing calling the cops, what would have happened if that person had actually been breaking in with criminal intent.
Could of ended badly. Cops in the US seem on a higher state of alert, as if they expect to be attacked at every call. The difference between the US and UK is in the US people carry guns.
A US cop will shoot your puppy just for wanting some cuddles. Obviously the cop doesnt think the dog is carrying a gun. The gun excuse doesnt fit the fact. Also the majority of cops support gun rights rather than oppose them.
The difference isnt that the population has guns, the difference is that our police have guns and more often than not can shoot an armed person dead and get off with minimal repercussions. You'd be amazed how much violence will actually develop when you give someone the freedom to have a gun AND the ability to avoid repercussions when they use it to murder someone.
Technically speaking an officer needs to try to justify their actions here too. The problem is the standard for that justification is much lower than the general public.
An acceptable justification might be "I saw him reaching under the seat", as it turns out he just had a water bottle under the seat or something. Now if a citizen shot someone dead for reaching under their seat you better believe they wont get off.