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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by twic on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:32PM (#16632885)
"'Joyrider' [1] is not a term I will allow in my station, constable. [...] Crime is crime, and should not be trivialised. What next? Are we to refer to grievous bodily harm [2] as 'fun-punching'? Assault with a deadly weapon as 'a laugh and a stab'?"

Standards for comedy were much lower in the mid-'90s. [3]

[1] UK slang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyride_(crime)

[2] UK actual crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievous_bodily_harm

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqa6H2T4aS0&t=3m33s

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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by maaark on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @06:44AM (#16636883)
I've heard of the police here in Northern Ireland refer to the act of lighting bins on fire as "Recreational Vandalism". While refusing to do anything about it happening repeatedly. Makes the blood boil.
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