UK Student arrested ... for being honest

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I turned in a watch once I found lying on the ground. They asked me if I wanted to keep it if it wasn't claimed in six months or whatever and I said no. It's not as if it was a suitcase full of money.

The thought of being arrested for turning in something of value is beyond bizarre. Although if you could figure out who the owner is, wouldn't it be easier just to return it to them? I've done that twice with bus passes I've found. Also, I could see if it was something that was supposed to be left there. But not a mobile phone on the ground.

I don't trust the police. To me they are the biggest gang member in the world.
1) Kidnap = Arrest
2) Speeding = No real skill
3) Murder = kill or be killed
4) Violence = Necessary Force

Come on... They are the biggest law breakers there are. I've looked at the specs of a police car, and I don't feel safe in the knowledge of the parts they use. Cheap tyres and no grip means waiting for an accident. Tyre profiles, too standard, comprise handling in a chase scenario. Anyone who understands the numbers on tyres will know what I mean

I am fare from being certain to which extent this story has to do with the facts and to which extent it is based on what may be could called the "journalistic standards" of the Daily Express.

After reading this, I've earned a profound respect for Indian police, who are extremely corrupt.

Last year, me and 3 other guys were caught smoking pot in public. We were taken to the police station, where we were given a stern lecture for 4 hours. At the time, I detested them for treating me roughly, but now, I have only the utmost respect for them.

Of course, regardless of Habeas Corpus, the police don't care here. If I keep quiet, I'll end up being tortured overnight. But that's only if I was accused of a major crime.

^ Quoting the law to police officers doesn't generally have a positive effect. They are more likely to be belligerent and prolong your unpleasant experience with them.

No wonder I have trust issues with authority.

I think some of them get a thrill when it comes to abuse in power.

skysaw, I'll admit I used to make up false things as a child but, that was when I was just 5yrs of age.Anyways, due to my Samura-like code of honor or something along those lines, I've always chose to say things honest and not create lies that would otherwise come back to haunt me. Still, hearing this makes me feel as, if acting & behaving in a Trusting manner can be seen as criminal. This tends to me appear very odd if not downright disheartening..


ProfessorX

Wow, the British police. Not that other places don't have similar problems with stupid police actions taken just to fulfil quotas, but "theft by finding"?
I have seen some particularly bad examples of journalism from British tabloids in articles posted in this subforum, though. Hopefully they were exaggerating?

I don't think this was about 'performance statistics' - there's a drive to complete an as comprehensive DNA database as possible. One can only speculate as to why *shrugs*

The police also took my DNA in the UK and I had no charges levied against me. I've also heard of lots of cases of this and met people who have experienced this too, that are not criminal whatsoever, either. The C*ntstabularies are particularly aggressive in this regard in the NW of England.

It's quite a bad sign imo

I witnessed a shooting outside my apartment in Manchester a few years ago, and stupidly phoned the police.

A uniformed officer came the same night and took a brief statement from me, which she wrote in a notebook.

The plain clothes detective came the next day to write out a statement in full. When she arrived, she asked whether I rented or owned my apartment, and I thought she was just making small talk or something, and I told her that I was renting but in the process of buying my flat, as I liked where I lived, it was a really friendly community (apart from shootings!). But then her mobile rang and she went into my hallway, but I could hear her talking to the person at the other end of the call, and she told them that I was currently renting but in the process of buying, and didn't want to move.

So when she came back into my sitting room, I asked her what she meant by telling someone that I didn't want to move. She explained that if the case went to court I might have to go into witness protection. And so I said, well, won't if I don't want to go into witness protection and change my name and move house and all that? And she said that I had given a statement, so they could ask for a witness summons, and if I refused to attend court, then I could/would be arrested and potentially imprisoned for contempt of court!

Luckily, I never heard anything again. So they obviously didn't catch the guys involved in the shooting. Phew!

But I swear, if anything like that ever happens again when I'm around, I'm going to be like those three little monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil, say no evil. Which is sad, really, because I thought I was doing my civic duty, reporting a crime, but it could potentially have put me in danger and turned my life upside down.

The witness protection is for them to protect you from the shooters because they don't know the shooters saw you so they could come back and try and kill you so you can't testify against them. About attending court, you have to go. Always bugs me when aspies try and get off. I wouldn't use my ADD or AS or my anxiety to get off. That be up for the judge to decide because of my short attention span and my problems with note taking and I can't listen for long periods of the time. One of my aspie friends got off because of his hearing aid. He didn't decide he didn't want to go, they decided he wasn't fit to do jury duty because of his hearing loss. My bf had to do jury duty once but once he got there, they said he could leave because there was too many people in the court room and when there was no more seating, they sent the rest home and my bf was one of them. They had asked too many people to serve jury duty. But in this case, your case was about being a witness so it was important for them to have you testify against the shooters if they are caught.


I wonder if the prison thing was just a threat so you would go if the shooters were caught because it was so important for them to find them guilty so they can sentence them.