If you think American cops are a little
too ticket-happy, thank your lucky stars that you don't live in
London.
Yesterday, Nima Hosseini Razi,
a business student from Wales, was sightseeing in London and ran into
some car trouble. His car broke down close by the House of Commons
and Westminster Abbey, two major landmarks in Parliament Square, and
after calling a repairman, he left a note with the car stating, “Dear
Sir or Madam, this car is broken. I am just waiting for the AA to
arrive. Please do not fine! Thank you, yours sincerely.” Not
wanting to waste his time in the city, he decided to check out some
of the nearby landmarks including Buckingham Palace. Needless to say,
the car attracted the attention of the London police.
Here is where the story gets weird. The
police decided to have the car towed, but for some unfathomable
reason, they decided to used explosives to open the hatch of the car.
Many people have already said the explosives were excessive and that
there were safer ways to open the hatch that also wouldn't have
damaged the car.
Now, as a New Yorker, I can see how the
London police were concerned about an abandoned car sitting in the
middle of Parliament Square. It would be like seeing a car just
sitting in the middle of Times Square. Anyone with half a brain would
be worried. Plus, London is hosting the Olympics this year, and the
police are already on-edge about any perceived safety threats. I
think it was stupid of Razi to leave the car by itself in such a busy
section of London, whether London was hosting the Olympics or not.
(Completely off-topic, does his sweater vest remind anyone else of Bill Cosby's sweaters?)
Even so, I have to agree that the
police's actions were kind of bizarre. Using explosives to open a car
hatch? Really? If the car had been rigged with explosives, wouldn't
the additional explosives used by the police make the situation
worse? I doubt I'm the only person scratching their head and
wondering what the police were thinking. “This car might have
dangerous materials in it. What do you suppose we should do?” “Hmm,
how about we blow it up?”
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