Honest question: what is wrong with the U.K.?
Is there something in the water? Because it's hard to understand why the once great nation has turned into a dystopian, quasi-fascist country run by the absolute worst people.
Not too long ago, we told you the country enacted a two-tier justice system that would punish white men more harshly than any other demographic group, and their plans to 'test' crime-predicting software straight out of 'Minority Report.
They're also not too keen on free speech or -- it appears -- parental rights:
Vanessa Brown, 50, a history teacher was arrested & held for seven-and-a-half hours by @SurreyPolice for stealing 2 iPads. They were at her mother's house, who was also questioned.
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) April 11, 2025
She had taken them away from her two daughters so they could concentrate on their homework.… pic.twitter.com/pcW2OAX1PE
This is not 'stealing', this is parenting.
History teacher Vanessa Brown, 50, spent seven-and-a-half hours in a custody cell on March 26 this year, following a claim she had stolen two iPads which were traced to her mother’s house in Cobham, Surrey.
Yet it transpired that the two devices belonged to her daughters, and Ms Brown had merely confiscated them to encourage them to focus on their schoolwork, a fact Surrey Police has now acknowledged.
“I find it quite traumatic even talking about this now,” Ms Brown recalled.
“At no point did they [the officers] think to themselves, ‘Oh, this is a little bit of an overreaction for a moment, confiscating temporarily her iPads and popping over to her mum's to have a coffee’. It was just a complete overreaction.
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If Vanessa Brown was an immigrant from Africa or the Middle East, the authorities wouldn't have even responded to the call.
Surely this is a dystopian novel.
— Danishova (@Danishova) April 11, 2025
Orwell was a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual.
Wow, just wow;
— Elminster (@Elminster04) April 11, 2025
“....The police bail conditions included not speaking to her daughters, who were connected to the investigation, while officers carried out their enquiries.
“..... and that she was entitled to confiscate items from her own children.”
Insanity, thy name is the U.K. police.
Theft: Dishonestly appropriate property belonging to another, with intent to permanently deprive the other of it.
— Keith 🇬🇧 (@LonsdaleKeith) April 11, 2025
It would've taken about 10 seconds to establish that this was not theft. The cops involved should be put back on probation. As should the custody sergeant and…
The cops will face zero consequences for this.
As for the PC's involved, public shaming should be relentless. I would make them celebrities!
— zero2give 🪖 (@zero2give) April 11, 2025
Show their faces, say their names. I'll bet they are exactly what most would assume.
They'll probably arrest you for criticizing them.
How can she "steal" ipads that she owns? If it's her children then assume she bought them.
— Justin Nospan (@JNospan61704) April 11, 2025
This is a surefire way to get this writer to rid her homes of devices if she can't control how often her kids use them.
Then again, the U.K. police would probably arrest her for that, too.
Conquer the UK. Pick up Greenland on the way home. https://t.co/StFBoMBpMv
— Hooch (@CompanyHooch) April 11, 2025
We're okay with this.
In Britain 🇬🇧, members of Muslim rape grooming gangs seem to get less police scrutiny than mothers pushing their kids to focus on schoolwork. Absolutely wild! Is that simply what happens when your politicians start being folks like this👇🏼? https://t.co/CsrjIRLrop pic.twitter.com/sZlGUUYBJ3
— Hashem (@HashemAllMighty) April 11, 2025
Vanessa Brown has the wrong skin color. That's all this is about.
At this rate we won't be able to fart without a visit from the plod within the hour https://t.co/6bz9EQHXhJ
— Dr Helen Ingram (@drhingram) April 11, 2025
They'll charge you for 'environmental damage' or something.
And who is the "man in his 40s" who reported a mother for monitoring her children's computer use? Why is he not charged with maliciously wasting police time? https://t.co/M6TJrRJtJk
— M*s*c*l R*s*st*nc* (@Barbi_bb) April 11, 2025
We'd love to know. A nosy neighbor? A teacher? Who?
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