On Jul 8, 2010, at 3:14 PM, eckinator wrote:
2010/7/8 Bob W <[email protected]>:
It won't stop officious security guards and
similar from trying to stop us, but they have no powers of arrest
or search.
don't forget citizen's arrest, pepper spray and the dangerous
delusions that go along with them - I was witness of the state in an
assault and battery trial against four tram ticket inspectors in
Cologne a couple years ago. two of the ticket people had cornered an
African tourist who spoke only French and admittedly had no ticket.
buddy was like 170 cm tall and skinny and the guards were three guys
of 190+ and a roid bumped female Chuck Norris. They had him backed up
against a pole on the streetcar and were trying to get some ID from
him and he kept saying in French he didn't have any on him. Main
defendant started pushing him and he was visibly scared and raised his
hands to chest level in a clear give up gesture. This was enough of an
excuse I guess as the guy banged the back of his head into the pole a
couple times, lifted him by the throat, carried him off the train that
had just stopped, slammed him into one of those plexiglass stalls, all
still by the throat and then down onto a bench where he choked him
some more. All the time there was no resistance. This is when I
finally got physically close enough to do something. Another guy and I
stepped in, stopped them and called the police.
Good for you. It's not often that bystanders will stand up for the
oppressed. Bravo!
The ticket guys not
only refused to give ID which, them being public servants, was against
the law but also produced little scraps of paper which had ยง127
paragraph 4 of the Criminal Procedure Code printed on them, i.e. the
law governing citizen's arrest and actually tried to make us believe
127 justified their behaviour. They did identify themselves to police
and charges were pressed by the public attorney meaning this was not
considered a minor offense. The sentences were pretty high given they
were all first offenders, three were fined 3 monthly salaries each and
the main defendant got four plus 3 months on parole. He also appealed
the sentence so I had to come again and the judge told him outright to
withdraw his appeal or he would get a higher sentence yet. He
complied. But all the while before and after the court sessions all
four kept pestering us in the hallway that they had done nothing wrong
and so on and bla bla and I think they actually believed it, too.
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