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Bill Grey · 26-09-2013, 09:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:33:22 +0100, Broadback
wrote:

On 26/09/2013 13:17, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:42:54 GMT, Baz wrote:

Janet wrote in news:MPG.2cae240a90ab0b30989be3
@news.individual.net:

In article , says...

take the law in our hands.
A bit of a clice that the law uses it's power to discriminate against
drivers, because it is easy. Instead of catching violent criminals.

Or maybe it's because drivers kill maim and injure far more people
than allotment vandals do.

Janet

I have never killed maimed or injured anyone and I am a driver.
I don't know anyone who has.

I do.

My property should be protected by the law. As my area police charter
insists.

My advice to you is to read the police charter for your area.

"Maybe" is not enough of an excuse to dismiss the police obligation to
uphold the law.

We don't have any local police. The police station was closed long
ago. It's interesting that it hasn't made any noticeable difference to
crime.

Sadly the police seem to administer the law these days,not just uphold
it. They decide when to take action, not automatically when a law is
broken.

Even more sadly when the police do catch a criminal often the
magistrates let them off.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland

.....and this is often a source of great frustation for the police . The
case falls through due to lack of evidence or some technical point of law.

Bill