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Say Nowt to Police!
Grandfather arrested at dawn and held in a police cell for SIX hours for swearing once at council official
A grandfather was arrested at dawn and held in a police cell for six hours for using a single swear-word in front of a council official.
Thomas Catcheside, 67, had his fingerprints and DNA taken, before being issued with an £80 fixed-penalty notice.
His arrest followed a dispute with a council official about ‘dangerously slippery’ communal stairs in his block of flats in Cambridge.
Mr Catcheside, who is chairman of his residents’ group, has been campaigning for three years for safety improvements.
But when an official visiting the site prevented him from listening to a phone call to his supervisor on October 30, he finally lost his temper and said: ‘Don’t you tell me what I can and can’t do in my own ****ing place.’
The official complained of feeling ‘threatened’ and six days later Mr Catcheside was arrested at 5.35am on suspicion of ‘causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place’.
The former lorry driver, still in his dressing gown, was marched into his bedroom, where his wife Deborah, 62, was asleep, and ordered to get changed before being driven away in a police van.
He was then held in a windowless-cell for six hours before being given the fixed-penalty notice and released.
Mr Catcheside, who has asthma and high blood pressure, was so distressed that he suffered a panic attack and had to be seen by a police doctor.
He said: ‘My wife and I were asleep when the police arrived. I opened the door and they just barged in.
‘I told them to wait a minute but they followed me into my bedroom where my wife was in bed. She was so embarrassed she hid behind a cushion.
‘I was frightened and angry as I felt like I was being criminalised. It was so heavy handed.
‘The police seem to have trouble catching proper criminals and here they were dragging me down to the station for defending my rights.
‘I admit I swore, but I was frustrated because we have been fighting to get these stairs improved for years, writing letter after letter, and the council has taken no notice.’
A Cambridgeshire police spokesman said they had been following ‘national policy’ in their response.
She added: ‘We were responding to reports of an assault, which is a serious offence.
‘The suspect was arrested at the earliest possible opportunity, which happened to be at 5.35am.
‘There was not enough evidence to suggest he had committed an assault but he admitted to being abusive and was issued with a fine and words of advice about his behaviour.’
Robert Hollingsworth of City Homes, a housing association which runs council housing for Cambridge council, said they had reported the incident to the police because their representative had felt ‘threatened’.
‘My department has been dealing with Mr Catcheside’s complaint for a long time,’ he said.
‘Despite the fact the stairs are not a danger and no risk has been found, we are looking into covering them with a plastic-like surface which would improve their appearance.’
Mr Catcheside replied: ‘We don’t want the steps to look better, we want them to be safe.’
Some typical Comments;
It’s no wonder this country has gone to the dogs. There are people committing violent crimes all over the place and they get treated with kid gloves. Our thieving MPs don’t have to pay back all that they have stolen. Then there is this man who swore at a council official – and who could blame him? It’s not the crime of the century. He is not a dangerous man and I’m sure they didn’t have to wake him up at 5.35am as if he were a terrorist.
- JayEmm, London, UK, 10/11/2009 17:49
Typical Stassi tactics!
- John, Wirral, 10/11/2009 17:48
Mr Catcheside: “I admit I swore” Law abiding citizens need to understand in the Labour Stasi State dont admit to anything. Say nothing and ask for your solicitor refuse to answer any questions.
This will help…If the Police arrive to lock you up, say nothing. You are a decent person and you may think that reasoning with the Police will help. “If I can only explain, they will realise it is all a horrible mistake and go away”. Wrong. We do want to talk to you on tape in an interview room but that comes later. All you are doing by trying to explain is digging yourself further in. We call that stuff a significant statement and we love it. Decent folk can’t help themselves, they think that they can talk their way out. Wrong.
- Howard, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10/11/2009 17:46
Dickiebo; I have long been advocating that decent people should show the police that they are no longer policing by consent. The only way that we can do this is by withdrawing our support from them. This I have already started. Remember; If you show support to the police, then they can justifiably claim to be policing with your consent!
It’s A Cracker!
After having their 11th child, an Irish couple decided that that was enough, as they couldn’t afford a larger bed. So the husband went to his doctor and told him that he and his wife didn’t want to have any more children..
The doctor told him there was a procedure called a vasectomy that would fix the problem but it was expensive. A less costly alternative was to go home, get a large firecracker, light it, put it in a beer can, then hold the can up to his ear and count to 10.
The husband said to the doctor, “B’Jayzus, I may not be the smartest guy in the world, but I don’t see how putting a firework in a beer can next to my ear is going to help me with my problem.”
“Trust me, it will do the job”, said the doctor.
So the man went home, lit a cracker and put it in a beer can. He held the can up to his ear and began to count:
“1, 2, 3, 4, 5,” at which point he paused, and placed the beer can between his legs so he could continue counting on his other hand.
This procedure also works in New Zealand and Tasmania.
Wise Words!
This presents us with an insurmountable opportunity.
Let’s decide right now whether you or I will be competitive.
I won’t hesitate for a moment to avoid answering!
I am myself, and I’m going to continue to play that role! – Richard Nixon.
I have something to say, but I don’t know what.
You don’t stand alone. I also stand alone!
I’m an atheist, thank God.
The time has come to rise above principles.
Include me out! Samuel Goldwyn
Let us do for a second time what we refused to do at first. This will avoid setting a precedent.
I would much rather prefer to be non-committal.
We can’t get a volunteer army unless we draft it.
Since the quorum lacks five members, we must adjourn this meeting.
Our inequities must be equally shared.
We will proceed on the assumption that nothing will be done.
I will now predict an unanticipated result.
Emergency service provided only with twenty-four hours notice.
The answer is maybe, and that’s final!
Before I begin my speech, there’s something I want to say.
All emergencies will henceforth be deferred!
We will keep on fighting until the violence ends!
He won thumbs down.
Pretty as a Picture!
SHILPA
UK – Banana Republic!
The recent incident of a mother being followed home by an off-duty police officer who saw the mother chastise her children in a shop, a follow up visit by other on-duty officers to question the mother about the incident and the subsequent letter from the local council informing the mother that her brush with the law has now been recorded on council records where it will remain for the next fourteen years serves as a reminder of what a sorry state our police force is now in.
Just for a moment, try – if you can – and remember the police force how they used to be. For those of you under the age of fortyish, our police were once a tremendously well-respected organisation both at home and abroad. We used to take pride in our police force and how they were the “envy of the world”. As a people we could rely on the police force to use common sense and discretion and to be on the side of the public at all times. Criminals feared the police and the public loved them for it.
Forty years of remorseless progressive liberalism later and the modern “police service” is a discredited and disliked organisation held in contempt by both criminals and the public alike. The police are ineffectual in dealing with criminal behaviour and, as a consequence of their own recognition that they are so ineffectual, the police take that out on the soft targets of the law-abiding public. The police despise the public and the public despise the police.
The sort of behaviour we now see from our police “services” is similar to that we once used to sneer at in banana republics which always seemed to be on the verge of revolution. We used to think “that could never happen here”.
Well it could and it has.
Article re-produced from Ranting Stan.
The Best!
AS OF THIS WEEKEND 223 BRITISH SOLDIERS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN AFGHANISTAN SINCE 2001
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Let’s not forget that FREEDOM is not free….
Thinking of all the British Soldiers
A Prayer chain for our Military… Don’t break it!
GOD BLESS YOU FOR PASSING IT ON!
THE FINAL INSPECTION
The soldier stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
‘Step forward now, you soldier,
How shall I deal with you ?
Have you always turned the other cheek ?
To My Church have you been true?’
The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
‘No, Lord, I guess I ain’t.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can’t always be a saint.
I’ve had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I’ve been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny,
That wasn’t mine to keep…
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I’ve wept unmanly tears.
I know I don’t deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.
If you’ve a place for me here, Lord,
It needn’t be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don’t, I’ll understand.
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
‘Step forward now, you soldier,
You’ve borne your burdens well..
Walk peacefully on Heaven’s streets,
You’ve done your time in Hell.’
Author Unknown
It’s the Military, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the Press.
It’s the Military, not the poet who has given us the freedom of speech.
It’s the Military, not the politicians that ensures our right to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
It’s the Military, that salutes the flag, that serves beneath it, who’s coffins are draped by it.
If you care to offer the smallest token of recognition and appreciation for the Military, please pass this on and pray for our men and women who have served and are currently serving our country and pray for those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
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