http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2025/04/11/uk-mom-arrested-for-stealing-ipads-from-her-daughters-n2411267
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:
David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) ~ 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.
She had taken them away from her two daughters so they could concentrate on their homework.
Article by @HenryRiley1 & @Connor_HandLBC
http://lbc.co.uk/news/uk/surrey-police-uk-mother-arrested-childs-ipad-vanessa-brown/
This is not 'stealing,' this is parenting.
Excerpts from the article:
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.
So, the two iPads belonged to her daughters, which means it is HIGHLY probable that Ms. Brown is the one who purchased them ... THEREFORE, you f**king idiots, SHE DIDN'T STEAL THEM! Wow, the village idiots are the ones in the Surrey police force! Morons.
“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.
“It was thoroughly unprofessional. They were speaking to my mother, who is in her 80s, like she was a criminal.”
Surrey Police said a search operation for the devices started after a man in his 40s reported a possible theft, having already been called out to a “concern for safety” on March 26.
The big, bad toughs of the Surrey police force feel the need to badger an 80-year-old woman about iPads that are OBVIOUSLY NOT STOLEN. Puhleeeeeease. And, who was this mysterious 40-something man, eh? Possibly some asshole who has a grudge against Ms. Brown? Woof ... you Surrey police officers are seriously pathetic.
Ms. Brown was taken to Staines station, where she was searched, and had fingerprints and custody shots taken before being placed in a police cell for several hours.
Surrey Police also sent officers to her children’s school, pulling her daughter out of class in the process.
It wasn’t until half-past midnight that Ms Brown was returned to her mother’s house - nearly twelve hours after officers first arrived.
Questions are being raised over the length of time it took for officers to determine that no further action needed to be taken against Ms Brown, which took over 24 hours from when she was arrested.
It comes amid increasing concern about how officers are using their time after a couple from Borehamwood were arrested by Hertfordshire Police following their criticism of a local school on a parents’ Whatsapp chat.
It’s a concern that Ms Brown echoed following her arrest.
“They were able to send a police car with police officers to my children’s school, they were able to send another police car or two to arrest me… I know people are making reports of thefts, of assaults and very violent crimes in and around our neighbourhood - and they’re not getting a response for days.
That's because the Keystone Kops of the Surrey police force don't want to confront actual crime in their community ... no ... they'd rather hassle 80-year-old women about total BS.
Hashem (@HashemAllMighty) ~ 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? 👇🏼
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1910737747297579237
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