Fight The Power! But Don’t Arrest Me, I’m Disabled, You Know!

A teenage political activist has accused armed police of being heavy-handed after he was arrested for scrawling on a shop wall during a demonstration.

Why? Did they pistol-whip him?

Unemployed Mr Miller, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was taken into custody and spent 19 hours at Colchester police station before being freed.

Ah. Of course. The disability ‘get out of jail free’ card wasn’t respected. Which reminds me, whatever happened to Jody MacIntyre's complaint? I mean, after all that fuss, he did make one, didn't he?

Or is he too content simply to whine to the local newspaper, where they won't actually investigate, but simply print?

Mr Miller described his arrest as heavy-handed, explaining: “When I saw the police, I felt pretty terrified, to be honest.

“I didn’t know what they were going to do. …

You were in Essex. Not Ecuador. You were pretty safe from extra-judicial execution, no matter what your more excitable chums at university might have told you…

“They made me stand up and searched through all my things in front of the whole library. It was embarrassing and I felt completely humiliated.

Yeah, it’s all fun until somebody gets hurt questioned politely, isn’t it?

“I had only used a water-based pen and I would have washed it off if they had asked me to. I certainly never meant to cause any permanent damage.”

If it had been me who caught you, I’d have made you lick it off. You got away lightly…

An Essex Police spokesman confirmed Mr Miller was arrested by armed response officers, because they were the only officers available.

So stop whinging.