[EliRivers]

That's all very well, but it turns out the armour of righteousness is poor protection against getting shot in the back by a policeman, who subsequently plants his excuse on your body. Coppers prepared to do that are hardly going to listen to people claiming their rights are being violated.

I dread the day that standard plod in the UK carries a firearm.

[arethuza]

Well I guess the good news is that the UK police seem pretty adamant that they don't want to be armed on normal duty.

[dghf]

Except with tasers: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/police-federati...