UK man imprisoned for 4 months after walking up to cops with 6" Master Sword
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#2Clearly caught them having a bad day
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#3Clown Island strikes again
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#4That thing looks less dangerous than a decent pen. Def less risky than a rock. Four months in prison for this seems like abuse. This could result in lost job, lost housing, etc, for a toy. Why do people support this?
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#5> "It is possible to find fidget toys that aren’t six-inch blades. It is possible not to walk down the street holding them out in front of you.“
Was he arrested while emulating Zelda NES with it? That would explain how this happened and also why they’re so upset: not because they care about Zelda or not, but because the significant risk of someone taking a fatal injury to a six inch blade held out in front of you on a public walkway.
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#6Ban assault knives.
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#7[Facepalm/]
Whatever the local knife crime rate might be, if this guy has no links to criminal activity or gangs, then I'm thinking that 4 months in His Majesty's chokey (plus a £154 fine) is really not a win for either the Crown's or public's interests.
Lecture the guy for being an idiot, give him a menu of (1) 4 hours in the stocks, in public, under an "I Wuz A Moron" sign, (2) 400 hours charity work for a Zeldathon-linked charity, and (3) £4,000 fine, and tell him to pick any two of those.
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#8Another case of "zero tolerance" meaning "zero thought".
Other examples include students for fighting when they use self-defense.
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#9So "lack of self-awareness" is now punishable in the UK by 4 months in jail?
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