British policing has reached new depths of absurdity and authoritarianism. Officers are inventing pre-crimes, harassing citizens for lawful filming or standing in public, and deploying to pubs to warn people off tweeting about councillors.
All while the same forces stand guard over brand-new taxpayer-funded houses handed to migrants and turn a blind eye to patterns of two-tier enforcement that have defined recent years.
In one widely shared incident, a female officer was caught on camera confronting a man peacefully filming in a public space.
In the footage she claims his mere presence “might” wind people up and lead someone else to lose their temper, threatening arrest to “prevent a breach of the peace.”
No actual crime had occurred. No law was being broken. As the man pointed out, the logic is straight out of the dystopian story Minority Report: punish the law-abiding person in case an offence is later committed.
The man was simply exercising his right to record in public. The response is to treat him as the threat.
This is far from an isolated incident.
Another viral video shows a male officer with wild, agitated behaviour confronting a citizen for filming. He threatens arrest for a “technically public order offence,” then pivots to demands for details, ultimately detaining the man.
Observers note the officer appears erratic, with exaggerated facial expressions and eye movements that have sparked widespread comment about his fitness for duty. The citizen was going about lawful business. The officer escalated without clear legal basis.
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