So The Guardian et al are outraged because 40% of people tasered in London are black

[SWv2]

Ralph was certainly shocked at the severity of the sentence. And he said so.

Well your honour I do believe I'd be better off dead
So if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head
Then sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time
And let 'em shave off my hair and put me on that killin' line

Who the fúck was Ralph, Johnny's partner?

[Sir C]

Tanqueray and wine has always bothered me. Were they in the same glass?

That's a blue collar cocktail for Bruce.

[Peter]

Does he still do Nebraska? I like that won.

I have never seen him do it. Very, very rare. However, pretty much every night he will spontaneously grab some ugly little kid out of the crowd to join him for the chorus to Waiting on a Sunny Day, a song so dull and generic it could be played at a wedding.

Thankfully, and not by accident, I am usually so pissed by this point that it barely registers.

[Sir C]

Who the fúck was Ralph, Johnny's partner?

No, Ralph is what Johnny was called before he got the 99 years.

Do keep up. It's not complicated.

[Peter]

Who the fúck was Ralph, Johnny's partner?

Ralph is the guy's name. Johnny 99 is the nickname derived from his sentence.

Ralph 99 doesn't have the same ring to it I suppose.

[Luis Anaconda]

That's a blue collar cocktail for Bruce.

Fat Sam's wine in a pint glass sort of thing?

[Sir C]

I have never seen him do it. Very, very rare. However, pretty much every night he will spontaneously grab some ugly little kid out of the crowd to join him for the chorus to Waiting on a Sunny Day, a song so dull and generic it could be played at a wedding.

Thankfully, and not by accident, I am usually so pissed by this point that it barely registers.

You are a heathen and a philistine, sir.

Never seen a live Nebraska :wetbehindtheears:

[Burney]

You'd be a bundle of joy on a jury wouldn't you. Charges are a reasonable indicator of guilt? Are they are reasonable indicator of the need to TASER?

Of these 40% that were TASERED, how many were charged/found guilty?

Statistically, it's true. The CPS generally don't bring cases without a strong chance of conviction (unless you're a celeb accused of nonceing in which case it's open season thanks to that arse Keir Starmer).

I'm guessing that coppers would rather not taser people if they don't have to (paperwork, tedious enquiries, the possibility the cünt will croak, etc), so I would argue they're unlikely to use them unless they feel reasonably threatened or the suspect is physically resisting arrest, being aggressive or obstreperous. Thus, in a sense. the use of a taser to me indicates that there's a pretty good chance the suspect already has or is about to commit a crime.

[Sir C]

Fat Sam's wine in a pint glass sort of thing?

Yes.

I'm hoping this is the only thing Bruce has in common with Fat Sam.

[Norn Iron]

I was in Victoria Station last week and saw armed police. Do they hang out at all the tube stations? Or just the main ones?