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Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
Seeing as we've moooved on :rolleyes: to the topic of police not being nice to folk. about 5 years ago I was physically and verbally assaulted by a group of Asian youths. These were from Pakistan, not China, Burma, India, Singapore etc, just to clear the 'Asian' bit up. They passed me on bikes calling me such as white c..t and old bastard, then threw a tennis ball at the back of my head. I reported this on 101. The police sent an 'Asian' officer round to a friend's house where I went after this incident. He wasn't sympathetic at all, but worse was to come. A few days later I had two Asian officers knock on my door, without me being told they were coming to see me. They more or less invited themselves in. Both were totally unfriendly, bordering on intimidating. They kept referring to my speech impediment caused by head and neck cancer years ago. To put it politely they were mocking me. Not only that but the worst of the two then said quote... "So tell me again, you're saying they called you a white c..t"?!, loudly emphasizing the white c..t bit, as if he was calling me that himself. To this day that has seriously bugged me! I still think that this was an attempt to intimidate me for certain reasons. When a female reports a sexual assault do the police send round two male officers when she's alone in her home? No they don't, so why send two 'Asian' officers to visit me when I'm on my own, after I reported being assaulted by 'Asians?!
 

AndyRM

XOXO
Location
North Shields
 

DRM

Guru
Location
West Yorks
It was flapping and flopping everywhere and I was indeed worried it could break my arm. One of the motorists who'd stopped lent me blanket he had in the boot, and the plan was if I could cover it I could manhandle it off the road quickly before it had the chance to hurt me.

With half the County watching I gritted my teeth and went for it, and managed to get the blanket over the Swan and pick it up. Weirdly, the moment I picked it up it went completely placid, like someone flicking an off switch.

I didn't trust it so kept my face out the way so it couldn't eat my eyes or nose and carried it a couple of hundred yards to a nearby lake, to the applause of hundred of motorists. I should have got a CBE for that.

I’ve got visions of Rod Hull trying to control Emu, you and the swan could have had a good stage & tv career!
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
It was flapping and flopping everywhere and I was indeed worried it could break my arm. One of the motorists who'd stopped lent me blanket he had in the boot, and the plan was if I could cover it I could manhandle it off the road quickly before it had the chance to hurt me.

With half the County watching I gritted my teeth and went for it, and managed to get the blanket over the Swan and pick it up. Weirdly, the moment I picked it up it went completely placid, like someone flicking an off switch.

I didn't trust it so kept my face out the way so it couldn't eat my eyes or nose and carried it a couple of hundred yards to a nearby lake, to the applause of hundred of motorists. I should have got a CBE for that.

That is the standard method for handling swans. We had one wandering the street and going into shops so the SSPCA was called. The guy who came was prepared with a blanket and he removed the swan with no drama.
 

DRM

Guru
Location
West Yorks
As long as it's not 2 of them in a V shape, in jerky movements
 

captain nemo1701

Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
Location
Bristol
You might all be relieved to know that the cow in the 'ram raid' incident with a police car is recovering well from her ordeal.
The barsteward lazy copper driving the car has been removed from duty.
It all happened on Raleigh Road so you might have known all would be well in the end.

BBC News -
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11p105wv4o

A retired copper mate of mine staying last weekend, was staggered about this. Apparently, the best way to deal with errant cattle or horses is a waft paper bag about in front of them with something in it so they think you're offering them food. Works all the time with horses I'm told.
 

T4tomo

Legendary Member
A retired copper mate of mine staying last weekend, was staggered about this. Apparently, the best way to deal with errant cattle or horses is a waft paper bag about in front of them with something in it so they think you're offering them food. Works all the time with horses I'm told.

indeed and even better if there is actual food in it. a horse is generally easier to catch than a cow / bullock as they are used to being haltered. The best thing with cattle is to get them into a makeshift pen and then into a horsebox / cattle trailer, which the old food back trick might have helped, poor animal was very frightened from what I saw.. I'm not sure the police did enough to track down a / the local farmer who could have helped with recapture.
 
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