Cycling spectator arrested on police suspicion because he wasn't smiling
Police have been on high alert since the Olympics came to town. But now things have been taken to new heights of ridiculousness.
Earlier today Surrey Police officers arrested a man who was watching a men's cycling road race at the Olympics. Officers thought the man was suspicious based on several factors, including the fact that he was watching the race and not smiling, according to The Guardian.
The police department said in a released statement that the officers suspected that 54-year-old Mark Worsfold might cause a breach of the peace because of the way he was dressed, his proximity to a group of protestors, and the race course and "his manner."
It turns out the man wasn't smiling because he suffers from Parkinson's disease. He told the newspaper that he suffers muscle rigidity in his face that prevents him from smiling.
Police released the man two hours later without charging him and apologized for detaining him. Worsfold also sent a letter to the police department that he "fully understands and appreciates the action taken by the officers," but is still demanding a full exoneration in writing from them.
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Good luck on that one guy. When pigs are wrong, they can NEVER admit it. It's one of their primary rules in their sickening brotherhood.
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Suprised they didn't start beating him and screaming "stop struggling, stop struggling, get your hands behind your back, get your hands behind your back" for all the near-at-hand to hear so that they could justify their actions by claiming he wasn't obeying their oders. Arresting someone for not smiling..The Bobbies are a friggin' joke!
