Eish, ouch, whatever. You poor souls. On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Inge <[email protected]> wrote:
> At around 02h30 this morning my partner and I were woken by screaming > and fighting in the street in Lower Main Road. A group of young men > and women who had just come from Gandalf's down the street (each word > could be heard in the house at the volume at which they were > screaming). They were involved in a loud fight as one of the young men > had apparently just thrown a bottle through someone's car window on > the way from Gandalf's and some of the party were highly upset about > it. > > The noise continued to escalate as they were obviously heavily > intoxicated. At some point police van SW24 drove past, slowed down and > continued driving. One or two ADT vehicles also arrived and parked to > watch the scene. > > Police van SW22 arrived and parked and the officer simply stood and > stared at this group shouting and screaming and threatening to injure > one another. We called obs security and were informed that Gandalfs > was closed and there was nothing to be done. When we addressed the > police officer to ask what he's going to do about this noise / > disturbance (he was obviously enjoying the scene and finding it quite > amusing) - this group didn't seem to pay any attention to our requests > to move along, he simply got in the van and drove off. > > We're used to the usual Thursday night Gandalf's crowds stumbling > home / to other clubs down the road, making a bit of noise, but this > was going on from around 02h30 to 03h15. > > One of the women in the group continually told the policeman that this > guy had damaged someone's car by throwing something through their > window and asking if there were any cyclopses / cctv cameras so he > could be arrested, at least one of them was bleeding, another was > allowed to drive off without so much as a breathaliser and the noise > was allowed to continue without any attempt by the police to stop > it. > > How is it possible that the police can just allow this kind of > disturbing behaviour? > > -- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > ---------------------------------------------- > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------- > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > ---------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send > email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this > group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > > > -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en
