CRAP ARREST OF THE WEEK

FOR BEING FAILURE OF FIRST PAST THE POSTER...

Met Police paid a heavy-handed election day visit to the home of a 63-year East London man, David Hoffman. His crime? Sticking a poster in his window showing a picture of Dave Cameron emblazoned with the word ‘wanker’.

No doubt startled by having four burly officers arrive on his doorstep demanding identification, he momentarily tried to close the door, but the cops forced their way in, roughly seizing and handcuffing the top-toff-hating Hoff. They said he’d committed an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act, was being detained and could be arrested.

Ironically enough, after cops confirmed his identification as a well-known photojournalist who has been cataloguing police brutality for over three decades, they calmed down somewhat and left, taking the offending item with them. It was swiftly replaced by another copy altered to say ‘Onanist’ instead.