Tuesday - August 06, 2013

hands up, spread em, drop that tv remote

Drew posted this.

The Blackrobes blow it again ... how bass ackwards can these buttmonkeys be?

3rd Circuit Court: Second Amendment “Unsettled”

While Drew was doing that, I was busy reading the following not having yet seen his post.

Couple kept in the cells for four hours after being arrested in their bedroom by armed police when a paramedic mistook TV remote for a gun

· Paramedics went to help woman suffering from a panic attack
· While they tended to Michelle Malone her partner was watching TV
· Couple now plan on taking action against West Mercia Police over incident

By Anna Edwards

A couple were arrested at gunpoint when armed officers raided their home after a paramedic mistook their TV remote for a gun and reported them.
Michelle Malone, 46, and Keith Abrahams, 44, were bundled into a police van in the middle of the night and locked in a cell, before being questioned for four hours.
They were eventually released without charge after a paramedic, who had attended the address to help Michelle who suffered a panic attack, thought the remote was a firearm and called police.

The pair said they were surrounded by 10 armed officers wearing body armour, eight uniformed police as well as a dog handler at 1am in their Hereford flat the next morning.

They were then frog-marched from their home and taken to a nearby police station while officers then conducted a forensic fingertip search of the property but found no trace of a gun.

Detectives confirmed during the pair’s interview the paramedic believed he had spotted Keith holding a firearm in the bedroom - but he was only holding a remote as he watched television.

She said: ‘The police told us the medic had seen a 10 inch long black firearm being held by Keith as he lay in bed. ‘But he had dozed off watching TV in his bedroom - it must have been the remote.

‘There is no other explanation. The room was dark but I can’t see how you would mistake it for a weapon. ‘I suffered the indignity of being treated like this all for the sake of a television remote control.

‘I’m an upstanding citizen and normal people should not be treated like this. ‘I can only believe to imagine what my neighbours thought.

‘I just remember running out of bed after hearing a bang like and earthquake and seeing police pointing guns at Keith, who was up against the wall.

‘We were held at the station for four hours but released without charge, but I couldn’t believe it when I heard they were searching for a gun.

‘I’ve never had a gun in my life - I’ve never even seen one before. It was just horrendous. ‘I got back to the house and it was completely wrecked from the search and I just broke down.

‘We received no apology and I just feel violated by their intrusive actions.

And there’s a bit more.

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Posted by peiper     on 08/06/2013 at 03:16 PM   
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