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CRAP ARREST OF THE WEEK ...

For drinking tea in charge of a camcorder..

It's back to Barton Moss this week as Greater Manchester Cops increasingly clutch at straws in their efforts to break the protests. One cop clearly getting fed up with legal observer Dr Steven Peers' persistent but polite questions regarding a colleagues arrest, suddenly had a brainwave - perhaps the good doctor had been drinking? And if he'd been drinking, perhaps he'd been driving?

With an admirable disregard for any kind of proof the cop proceeded to summon two colleagues and tell them that Steven had just confessed to 'having two drinks'. Check out this video as a clearly nonplussed Steve tells the officer that not only has he only refreshed himself with tea but the whole conversation is on film.

Steve is then nicked for refusing to take a breathlyser test on the entirely reasonable grounds that he's nowhere near a car - let alone driving one. Well Steve, when you get yer compensation - make ours a pint!

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