Police/Martial Law

[nailit]

Are we nearly there yet?
I phoned my son whilst at work to ask him if he could get a loaf of bread. (By the time I finish work, the bloody shelves are empty...no point anymore in even trying to get bread etc)
He managed to buy a loaf. On the way back he stopped to speak, briefly, to a friend,
Promptly got moved on by plod.
Here it comes....
Dont speak to a friend in passing whatever you do.
Be asking for your papers next!!

[nailit]

And yes. They were 2 metres apart....
(and both had hand gel)

[aelmpvw]

we'll all be buying megaphones next

[pastafreak]

Oh gawd...I spoke to people in the park. I bet the drones saw me...:(

[Prudie]

I would always normally defend the police but the way they are suddenly visible carrying out this new power irritates me beyond measure - partly because they were never so actively keen to enforce laws before and partly because I don't actually agree with stopping people from being in the countryside at the moment.

[Cloverjo]

That’s a bit over the top, nailit. The guidelines are about gatherings of more than two. And chatting briefly on the street is hardly ‘a gathering’.

[nailit]

//That’s a bit over the top, nailit. The guidelines are about gatherings of more than two. And chatting briefly on the street is hardly ‘a gathering’//
Apperently the copper was a bit 'authoritarian'. Wasnt there so couldnt say.

[237SJ]

You can talk to the people in the queue outside Boots but you can`t talk to people in the street. It's ridiculous

[royfromaus]

Damned unlucky with plod you and yours, nailit.

[ToraToraTora]

no, no where near martial law.

[rowanwitch]

I chatted outside the block with the caretaker and cleaner we had a good laugh , from a very safe distance. I'd been to the recycle bins so it really was in passing....

[ToraToraTora]

prudie: "I would always normally defend the police but the way they are suddenly visible carrying out this new power irritates me beyond measure" - what area is that? I was out on my bike earlier, rode past the cop shop and their car park was full of squad cars. That's the only place I've seen any.

[Mozz71]

I agree with 3T. Some coppers are a little power crazed, but we're nowhere near martial law.

[Prudie]

In my area they have been in small villages, beach car parks, Forestry Commission car parks, areas you never normally see them.

[nailit]

//Damned unlucky with plod you and yours, nailit.//
Guess so. Much like the people of Derbyshire?

//I was out on my bike earlier, rode past the cop shop and their car park was full of squad cars. That's the only place I've seen any//
Aint you the lucky one then? Stoke city centre is teeming with them.
Nothing to do. No shoplifters to arrest because nothing (worthwhile) to lift. No pub drunks to arrest because n pubs open.

What has the world come to when theres no-one left to arrest except a bloke talking to his mate eh?

[THECORBYLOON]

One policeman has words and suddenly it's approaching "martial law"?

[bednobs]

he was arrested???

[nailit]

//One policeman has words and suddenly it's approaching "martial law"?//
Not just one policeman though is it?

[Spicerack]

They arrested him?

[nailit]

//he was arrested???//
No. But threatened with,

[THECORBYLOON]

Any other incidents of two folk in the street being asked to move on?