On 13/11/2011 10:25, Mrcheerful wrote:
Lieutenant Scott wrote:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:14:29 -0000,
wrote:
Lieutenant Scott wrote:
On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:34:46 -0000, Mr. Benn
wrote:
"Simon Weaseltemper" wrote in message
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On 12/11/2011 15:13, Mrcheerful wrote:
http://road.cc/content/news/25728-ca...eration-passer



This is actually quite comical.

"Police in Cambridge issued ten fixed penalty notices last week in
a crackdown against cyclists riding the wrong way up a one-way
street last Thursday, but were unaware that further up the street,
a woman was warning other bike riders of the operation."

"police say that they would have arrested the woman for obstruction
had they known what she was doing."(!)

So, someone is telling cyclists that if they ride up a one-way
street they are liable to get a ticket, and the police want to
arrest her. This sounds totally bizarre. It means stopping someone
from committing an offence, is an offence, because the police
cannot issue a ticket. Talk about the police having their bubble
burst. Drivers do this all the time when there is a speed trap, drivers
coming the other way flash their lights ferociously as a warning to
others. What a bunch of ******s the police have become.
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Why, because they are enforcing the law?

One of the nonsensical laws.

Say I see someone about to commit a murder, and stop them from doing
so, would the police arrest me?

Preventing a crime is not the same as assisting someone to avoid
detection of their crime.

Flashing your lights at someone who is speeding (which everybody does
by the way), stops them speeding. You're preventing the "crime".

You are preventing them being apprehended for their crime.

You can't prevent them from being apprehended for a crime that didn't take place.