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We were coming past KFC last night and a bloke outside was berating a community support officer quite angrily. Something along the lines of 'I can sell what I like, you are not even a real copper, you can't nick me' to which the community support officer said something like 'it is not all about nicking people though is it' which got some more abuse back. We came back past 5 minutes later and five police plus the community support officer were escorting the guy into the paddy (I was going to write meat there) wagon. Not heavy handed especially although he did not seem keen.
 
In other news, there's a vegan cupcake shop opening on CHL next to Blacker Dread. Quite a big unit for such an obscure niche. Unless vegan cupcakes are all the rage? Anyway, good to see new tenants taking over an empty shop. I hope they do well and generate some more passing trade for everyone.
 
ajdown said:
No, but "guy carrying knife gets arrested" isn't really newsworthy is it?
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No, but "innocent bystander gets jumped on and arrested by half a dozen police" would be. If that's what happened of course.
 
nick h. said:
In other news, there's a vegan cupcake shop opening on CHL next to Blacker Dread. Quite a big unit for such an obscure niche. Unless vegan cupcakes are all the rage? Anyway, good to see new tenants taking over an empty shop. I hope they do well and generate some more passing trade for everyone.
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Is that the shop that was Judy's Fashion until recently? I was sorry to see that go.
 
Biddly said:
I like more cake less icing. A whole shop just for cupcakes, really? :hmm:
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That's what they told Rosie's. They will bake them there and sell them. No bread or coffee or anything else. Just 70 flavours of cupcake. Sounds like a made-up shop from a children's book.
 
nick h. said:
In other news, there's a vegan cupcake shop opening on CHL next to Blacker Dread. Quite a big unit for such an obscure niche. Unless vegan cupcakes are all the rage? Anyway, good to see new tenants taking over an empty shop. I hope they do well and generate some more passing trade for everyone.
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:facepalm:
 
nick h. said:
It would be all too easy to make a full time job out of this stuff, just in Brixton. As far as I can see, solicitors paid for by the Legal Aid scheme barely scratch the surface. And the Afro-Caribbean community tend to accept it, perhaps from fear or ignorance of the system or a belief that the odds are so stacked against them that it's pointless to ask for your rights. Anyway, if I do get involved it'll be the third time, and so far my success rate has been 100%. I won't prejudge this one, perhaps the guy got what was coming to him. But if it's as bad as it sounds I'll want to see it through and I hope some other urbanz feel the same way.
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I heard a somewhat different take on affairs from an eye witness that suggested the bloke was being a mouthy pain in the arse, and was being abusive and aggressive towards the Asian policewoman, with the situation considerably exacerbated by passers by shoving their oars in for the lolz.
 
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no butter :mad:
 
nick h. said:
More info. What I've been given to understand is that the guy arrested for the offensive weapon thing was Trevor Hogg, who is in his sixties and has a criminal record. His arrest was somewhat physical and several people approached to see what was going on. One of them was Blacker Dread. One of Blacker Dread's employees then approached him to pass him some keys. This put the employee close to the guy who was being arrested. The officers objected and told him to move away. He said words to the effect of "I'm only trying to give Blacker these keys" and was arrested by six or seven officers who knelt on his back and so on. This was all witnessed by schoolkids who got very angry. Mrs M., does this fit with your impression? .
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Pretty much, yes. It was the police who were upping the ante. I'm not saying bloke number 1 shouldn't have been arrested, what I'm saying is that it got very aggressive, and very OTT very fast and it didn't have to be that way at all. Guy no 1 could have been arrested but what followed was really violent for no reason I could discern from a few yards away.
 
RaverDrew said:
ie. cakes with the goodness taken out :facepalm:
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Not necessarily, I guess if you're a vegan it's a pain to find things like cupcakes when they're made with animal products, so presumably she uses alternatives and mass produces the cakes.

I'm certainly not a vegan, and have little time for those who choose to make life awkward for others with their dietary choices - but I'll be giving them a go because who can't resist a nice cake?
 
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