Not really. When authorities pick and choose rationalizations depending on the audience the true answer is “fuck you, that’s why”.
Not sure why but there is little in this world as enraging as a policeman being patronizing. We’re adults, don’t act towards us like we’re children.
“The guy told them to p*** off and then they gave him the £90 public order fine for swearing,”
You know, I’d like to see someone take a police officer and fuck with their lives in maddening ways and see how long it takes them to start swearing. I really hate that thing that authorities do where they turn perfectly ordinary expected reactions into crimes. (like that thing where someone is helpless getting pummeled by cops, yeah you’re going to raise your hands to defend yourself, shouldn’t be considered a “resisting arrest” or “assault on an officer”).
You should be allowed to be a normal human, even while under the scrutiny of the police.
