Adults only criminals please.

DO NOT TACKLE TEENAGE YOBS!

Screams the headline in my paper. Croydon (South London UK) law enforcement officers have been instructed by their Chief Coordinator NOT to tackle teenage trouble makers but to concentrate on targeting adults instead. This ruling comes after two cops were beaten up by a gang of rampaging youths after the officers admonished a 15 year old girl for dropping litter in a precinct. They ordered her to pick it up, which she did, but then she dropped it down again. She and a pal then became aggressive and the cops were then kicked, punched and bitten by a mob of teenagers.

These law enforcement officers do not have powers of arrest(?) but are there to tackle antisocial crimes such as litter, graffiti and abandoned cars.

After the attack an email was sent by their chief to the officers saying that he was "emphatic" that his law officers should not approach teenage yobs. Instead they should concentrate on adults because they tend not to be violent and they also pay fixed penalty notices (fines) more readily. He went on: "Whilst delivering our activity with fairness, we should not be putting ourselves in any unreasonable danger by doing so. Take care and take it easy."

Critics slammed the ruling as "cowardice and lunacy." Former Flying Squad commander John O'Connor said: "It is an abject act of cowardice which is only going to result in more officers and police being put at risk. This is yet another example of the law only being enforced against the law-abiding. They are simply targeting people who will pay fines whilst ignoring those who won't. All they are doing is storing up problems for the future - this is cowardice and lunacy."

So there you have it. If you want to be above the law, then I suggest that you physically fight back. And if you can get other oldies to join in the attack on these"law officers" there should come a point when they won't bother even trying to enforce the laws of the land ON ANYBODY!

Next stop, ANARCHY.

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