Dear All,
I saw a – what should be – shocking video yesterday morning by the youtube channel Crimebodge.
It showed how an innocent Motorist was physically punched and kicked by an off-duty “policeman”, because he had the audacity to signal his disapproval that the “police”man was driving aggressively, and using his mobile phone while driving to record him.
The off duty thug persuaded the man to pull over and then viciously attacked him.
Its clear from the video that the victim was not being aggressive or threatening to the attacker in any way, but was savagely attacked for daring to question him.
His wife called 999 and… predictably, they arrested the innocent victim rather than the attacker.
They then proceeded to try to cover up what he’d done, and attempted to prosecute the innocent man for “assaulting an emergency worker”.
Thankfully, the mans wife had the whole thing recorded on her phone, so eventually after 2 years of stress and legal expense, the man received compensation of £100,000 for the attack.
However, the angry thug who carried out the assault faced no ramifications, weaseling out of responsibility as the police invariably do in these situations.
A similar thing happened to a good friend of mine a couple of years ago.
He was assaulted for daring to not fall at a “police” officers feet and follow their orders. The thug then punched him in the mouth and broke one of his ribs.
My friend exhibited extreme restraint, as he could surely overwhelm the thug but, chose not to.
Of course once his gang mates turned up, it was my friend who was the assailant, despite the thug having no injuries and my friend looking like he’d done a round with Mike Tyson…
The result? My friend received an 18 month driving ban and a suspended sentence for…wait for it… assaulting an emergency worker!
I did try to persuade him to use DriveProtect, but he just wanted to bury his head in the sand and pled guilty, despite the fact he wasn’t.
This appears to be the new “go to” to justify rouge behavior by the police now.
As in politics, you simply accuse your opposition of committing the exact crime that you are carrying out yourself.
Now, if you don’t offer absolute compliance and subservience to the criminal gang (“the police”), it’s likely you’ll be beaten up and then prosecuted for violence against them.
The answer? Well one answer is to do what I did a few years ago when one of these menaces to society tried to drive me off the road.
I did a blog post on it at the time which you can read here.
I recommend reading it, because it shows how bullies will eventually back down if you don’t play their game.
I noted in the blog that off duty police aren’t legally allowed to pull you over any more than you are them.
An off duty policeman can not legally pull you over just because they are annoyed about something.
They cannot require you to stop a vehicle unless they are in uniform under the Road Traffic Act 1988.
So what should this poor chap have done?
The same as you should do if any other unhinged maniac tries to pull you over – drive on.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this in the comments below.
All the best,
Adam
P.S. in case you want to see the Crimebodge video I talked about, its here:
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…and here is the original blog post on how I dealt with one of these rogue thugs:
– Off duty Police tried to pull me over!
…I’d love to hear your thoughts on this here:
This happened to me and my friend years ago. We were only 20 at the time and a car kept driving aggressively behind us and flashing its lights. Eventually it swerved in front of us and forced us to stop. Two plain clothed police got out and then proceeded to say they thought we had been drinking and we had to wait for a police car to turn up to breathalyse us. Needless to say the test was negative but a blatant abuse of power. I wish I’d known then that they had no right to pull us over in an unmarked car in plain clothes.
The police are mostly doing a reasonable job. I often wonder how the heck you’re supposed to realise that this is a police person unless they are properly dressed in uniform. So I have a simple idea. Don’t engage with other drivers unless they have collided with you or it’s to thank them for being kind or nice or respectful and sometimes just for driving sensibly. Then a wave and a smile goes a long way.
Just one more example of how low the so called police can stoop, its like living in a third world country but, that is what britain is becoming ,police , politicians ,councils ,all going downhill fast , this country is a disgrace and becoming not fit to live in.
I was puled over by a “policeman” in an i=unmarked car after I flashed my lights at him after he had overtaken me on a blind bend on a country lane. He switched on his blue lights and pulled me over and gave me a bollocking and said that he would be watching me in future as he lived in the same village. It transpired that he was in fact an off duty civilian driving instructor. T was going to complain but my wife persuaded me that all that would happen would be that I was a marked man by the police in future
Prove it.
Sounds like an urban myth to me.