Man laughs so hard he falls to the floor… leads to assault and arrest
Posted on June 12th, 2008 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, assault, Blackburn Magistrates' Court, Call emergency medical services, Christopher Cocker, crime, fucking retarded, http://www.dailymail.co.uk, Jonathan Taylor, nanny state, parva spray, Paul Merton, police, police state, UK, your rightsA man was handcuffed, arrested and dragged before a court after falling off the settee with laughter while watching Have I Got News For You.
Christopher Cocker, 36, was enjoying the BBC1 show when a joke made by panellist Paul Merton had him doubled up with laughter.
He collapsed on the floor - but the thud startled his downstairs neighbour who, believing he had collapsed, called police.
Officers arrived and said Cocker was initially co-operative but became ‘aggressive’ when they asked his name and tried to shut his front door.
He was eventually disabled with parva spray through the gap and arrested.
Jonathan Taylor, defending, said: ‘The officer accepts in his statement that he struck my client and then sprayed him again.
‘He was handcuffed and unceremoniously thrown into the back of a police van. When he ended up in a police cell he was asking himself how all this had happened.’
Mr Taylor told Blackburn Magistrates’ Court, Lancs., said that having informed the police he was the only one in the flat and he was fine, his client could not understand why they wanted his details.
‘With hindsight he should just have told the police what they wanted to know and they would have gone on their way,’ said Mr Taylor.
You could have Mr. Taylor but then we wouldn’t have these wonderful police abuse stories to post about.
This is just another example of people thinking it’s the governmnets job to handle every situation. If you think the guy upstairs just collapsed get off your fat ass and check. Call emergency medical services after you confirm he’s not just tripped or fallen on the floor in a fit of laughter.
We don’t know how angry this guy actually got but I don’t doubt that the cops overreacted. In just the few times I’ve gotten a chance to say no to them they were hardly put into the best of moods.
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