{"id":22639,"date":"2018-11-23T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=22639"},"modified":"2018-11-23T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T16:39:00","slug":"yes-take-them-down-my-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=22639","title":{"rendered":"Yes! Take Them Down, My Son!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/embed\/p06snlm6\/46321715\" width=\"520\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\">&amp;lt;span class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221; style=&#8221;width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;&#8221; data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221;&amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This has made my day. Excellent story on the BBC <a title=\"'Thieves' knocked off mopeds by police in London\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/uk-england-london-46321715\/thieves-knocked-off-mopeds-by-police-in-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about how the Met Police are ending chases involving scumbags on motor scooters<\/a>. Look at their response when they get rammed. No attempt to run off, just shitting themselves. Well done to the Met!<\/p>\n<p>All we need now is for the policy to be extended to everywhere else in the country, and maybe &#8211; just maybe &#8211; these little pricks might start to wonder if it\u2019s really worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, if I was going to put any money on it, I suspect the Met will come under pressure to stop doing it, especially if one of the little darlings gets hurt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edit:<\/strong> Well, that didn\u2019t take long. Less than two hours after that first story, the <a title=\"Met Police scooter crash video released as IOPC investigates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-46321720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC is now reporting that the Met is under investigation<\/a> by the IOPC for \u201cthree cases involving \u2018tactical contact\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The IOPC says that one case involves a 17-year old who sustained head injuries in Bexley a year ago. It serves him f***ing right.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope the IOPC comes to the same conclusion, and tells him and\/or his idiot parents where to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&amp;lt;span class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221; style=&#8221;width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow: hidden; display: inline-block;&#8221; data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221;&amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;lt;\/span&amp;gt; This has made my day. Excellent story on the BBC about how the Met Police are ending chases involving scumbags on motor scooters. Look at their response when they get rammed. No attempt to run off, just shitting themselves. Well done to the Met! 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