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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - March 2013

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Gramsci said:
Crimestopper have this helpful scratch and sniff leaflet to help:D:cool:

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"It's completely safe. There are no drugs in the card"
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Well, thank goodness for that. I was awfully concerned for a moment.
 
Anyone know what happened outside natwest/foxton's yesterday? Might have said it yest, but I'm hoping foxton's will now think they've made a dreadful mistake in coming to Brixton!

Hope you're ok, Not a Vet. Horrible experience to go through.
 
editor said:
If you don't go the Ritzy, then ignore the thread. There's nothing stopping you starting individual threads about films you want to talk about, either in this forum or the films one.
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You just don't understand how your own forum works! I'm interested in what other people think of films, so it's a shame that one now has to subscribe to another thread to keep abreast of things, esp when the other threads were perfectly fine for sharing reviews and opinions. Surely the only thing that matters is the film, not where you saw it?
 
Orang Utan said:
You just don't understand how your own forum works!
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No, I just have a different opinion about what works best. I only created the new thread after asking if people wanted me to on the thread,

In case you've missed it, we do already have a film forum. You know, where people can discuss new films and stuff.
 
Orang Utan said:
You just don't understand how your own forum works! I'm interested in what other people think of films, so it's a shame that one now has to subscribe to another thread to keep abreast of things, esp when the other threads were perfectly fine for sharing reviews and opinions. Surely the only thing that matters is the film, not where you saw it?
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Have a nap ffs, you're like a spoilt toddler lately.
 
I know! So why divert attention from it with a silly pointless localised one? The other thread talks about the films they show at the ritzy too, but it allows everyone to participate
 
I'm ok, thanks, they were interrupted by a passer by and I managed to get away. I collapsed with a kidney stone shortly afterwards so it wasn't the best weekend and my missus said no to being on camera for 24 hours in A&E!
 
Not a Vet said:
I'm ok, thanks, they were interrupted by a passer by and I managed to get away. I collapsed with a kidney stone shortly afterwards so it wasn't the best weekend and my missus said no to being on camera for 24 hours in A&E!
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Seems to be a lot of street crime at the moment, and has sparked a proposal for CCTV in this street.
 
Frumious B. said:
The guy had a white board connecting the 12 tribes of Israel to the West Indies. I wish I'd asked him about the West Indies not having a black population until the 17th century. Anyway, he wasn't displaying any homophobic material. Brixton police can be quite assertive about that sort of thing. In 2011 a guy I know accused his arresting officer of touching him up and called him a batty boy. It turned out that the officer is gay, so he went to court and told the magistrate that he had been caused distress. The guy was deemed to have had intent to cause distress, and he was convicted of Disorderly Behaviour with Harrassment (section 4a of the Public Order Act), which you can be jailed for. Interesting that he was convicted of 'intent', even though he didn't know that the officer was gay. I would have liked it to go to appeal, but there wasn't the budget for it. And it would have been a magnet for the papers, which the bloke would have hated.
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tbf I think calling anyone batty boy is intent on causing distress and alarm, whether that's something which should have gone to court I'm not sure though.

Not a Vet said:
I'm ok, thanks, they were interrupted by a passer by and I managed to get away. I collapsed with a kidney stone shortly afterwards so it wasn't the best weekend and my missus said no to being on camera for 24 hours in A&E!
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wow, bad weekend indeed.
Hope you're getting better.
 
TruXta said:
Next you'll sort us into categories and have us wear different kinds of badges.
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Oh come on, it was just a humble request for less complication! Now there are three 'what film did you see last night' threads. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that this is a little unnecessary.
 
wemakeyousoundb said:
tbf I think calling anyone batty boy is intent on causing distress and alarm, whether that's something which should have gone to court I'm not sure though.
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Well, it was complicated. The guy was wrongfully arrested. The policeman also punched him in the head. He was arrested for obstructing the police but was just standing peacefully in a crowd watching someone else being arrested. IMO the officer just wanted the crowd to go away and was getting stressed. Maybe he was afraid there was a risk of disorder. So he grabbed the nearest young black male. The guy was never even charged with what he was arrested for! Both the things he was charged with (the other was resisting arrest) would not have happened if he hadn't been wrongfully arrested. And he sincerely believed he was being felt up and the officer was getting some sadistic sexual kicks out of it - the officer used his groin to push him against a wall and overtighten the cuffs. The officer and his colleagues weren't believed in court - they all lied and lied and lied. The guy admitted using the offensive language so the magistrate felt obliged to convict him, given that the gay officer was insisting that he had been 'caused distress'. The sentence was just a conditional discharge though, which is basically zero. After a year the conviction was wiped from the file and the guy no longer had a criminal record. The officer got away with perjury, assault, wrongful arrest and more. IMO he deserved to be sacked. But that's the Met for you. It really made my blood boil to sit in court and watch three Brixton officers perjure themselves with such nonchalance.
 
Frumious B. said:
Well, it was complicated. The guy was wrongfully arrested. The policeman also punched him in the head. He was arrested for obstructing the police but was just standing peacefully in a crowd watching someone else being arrested. IMO the officer just wanted the crowd to go away and was getting stressed. Maybe he was afraid there was a risk of disorder. So he grabbed the nearest young black male. The guy was never even charged with what he was arrested for! Both the things he was charged with (the other was resisting arrest) would not have happened if he hadn't been wrongfully arrested. And he sincerely believed he was being felt up and the officer was getting some sadistic sexual kicks out of it - the officer used his groin to push him against a wall and overtighten the cuffs. The officer and his colleagues weren't believed in court - they all lied and lied and lied. The guy admitted using the offensive language so the magistrate felt obliged to convict him, given that the gay officer was insisting that he had been 'caused distress'. The sentence was just a conditional discharge though, which is basically zero. After a year the conviction was wiped from the file and the guy no longer had a criminal record. The officer got away with perjury, assault, wrongful arrest and more. IMO he deserved to be sacked. But that's the Met for you. It really made my blood boil to sit in court and watch three Brixton officers perjure themselves with such nonchalance.
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tl;dr (actually not really:
your whole post is why I said I couldn't be sure it should have to court:
I've met the met even if I didn't stab myself while making a cup if tea.
I was just saying that unfortunately for the victim, saying something like this is bound to get you convicted when the met is involved, no right or wrong judgement involved from me there, just a constatation (<- French word that) of where the law stands on these matters and that once uttered you've got yourself in the shit with the law.
I've been arrested for "obstructing the pavement/road/whatever" while holding my hands high up in the air saying "I'm not doing anything" because I wanted to check on some of my friend who were screaming in pain while being arrested by the Brixton finest, so yes, I can sympathise with him.
 
I'm not defending the language - it was vile. But it didn't excuse what the officer did. Nobody came out of it looking good. At least the guy got through his period of conditional discharge without getting into trouble, so he now officially has his 'good character' back. And it does make for a long story but it's difficult to convey it fairly without going on and on. Then people get bored and revert to the assumption they were going to make in the first place. :)
 
So, a young couple - we're talking under 25 - came into the Albert to ask about how noisy the place gets at night. They're asking because rich Daddy is thinking about buying them a nice new apartment in the old squat opposite but they want to make sure that the beastly noise from locals won't interfere with their important lifestyles.

Fuck off. Seriously. FUCK OFF.
 
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