by InkMan » Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:40 pm
I also depends in which way certain Police officers choose to discharge their interpretation of incidents. I thought I had posted this story on HG before but seemingly not.
A few years ago I phoned Pitt Street to inform the police of an incident I had witnessed the previous day in Buchanan Street. An old woman had handed me a bit of heather and I subsequently gave her it back when she demanded money for it. When coming out of a shop five minutes later I see two old dears, clearly shaking delving into their purses to pay her. I ask them if they had requested the heather and unsurprisingly they had not then told me they did not wish to pay for it. I picked the heather from their hands and returned it to the old woman politely at which point two young males talking in their own language (one that I am ignorant enough to not understand afore any professional offendee asks). They were also dressed similarly to the old woman. When they start growling at me two workies who had witnessed the full situation started to shout and bawl at the scam artists causing their quick departure.
I call the police to give them heads up to this disgusting scam and speak to a young male. I do not repeat the language used by the workies other than to say it was direct and not which you normally hear in a public environment. He was more interested in what the workies said to the two foreign males and when I questioned this anomaly his response was "well Sir, you have not notified my of any crime but I would like to know precisely what it was that they said.
He was clearly interpreting my elucidation of the workies behaviour as being racist and ignoring the scam which clearly caused distress. I asked if I was speaking to a serving officer and he said yet. He was not happy when I assumed that he had scored top in his class in his 'Understanding differences within communities and accepting subsequent behaviour society would not otherwise tolerate' exam. He really took offence at that.
Yes, it is one example but as I have said many times on here before it is funny how the one bad example is tolerated with Civil Servants or whatever Public Sector workers. That does not excuse the fact that this behaviour - and to make it clear to any looking to take offence I mean this particular quasi aggressive threatening behaviour by the scam artists - cases distress.
I hate violence but I have have always hoped that somewhere, sometime this pair oc chancers were handed their arse in front of whoever the evil old witch they chose to be past of this.
Shuggy
Cleggy you snickering floppy eared hound when courage is needed, you're ne'er around.
Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest should be there for bungling at which you are best.