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General Discussion Area / Re: Feral kids
« on: 11 March 2017, 08:44:15 »I had a run in with some nasty gobby teenage lads yesterday afternoon.
It started off with a friendly chat about an electric scooter that one of them had and he said it was £300, then his mate jumped in and said that he had one that cost £1000. He then asked me how much my car cost, with a laugh I told him to mind his own business. Immediately this kid of about 14 or so, turned nasty and started calling me a oppsing self-abuser. At that point I just shrugged said "You're a gobby little shite arn't you" and went back inside, where I could hear them talking about chucking a brick through my window.
Then I heard a noise at the window, and one of them had climbed up onto the window sill and was reaching in to grab the curtain, but he fell off!So I went back outside told them to opps off and then got my phone out and went to take a photo of these kids. The gobby one, as soon as he realised that I was going to take a photo, jumped behind a car and then got really angry, calling me a oppsing self-abuser, oppsing nonce etc etc and that he was going to get his Dad up to sort me out!
My reply to that was "Yes please do! I'd love to tell him what a nasty, horrible, arrogant little prick you are! "
After that though I just stood in the doorway and waited for the little shit to run out of steam. In the event I didn't get to take the photo, but he thought I had, and kept telling me to delete it as I wasn't allowed to take photos of kids, you're a oppsing self-abuser, oppsing nonce yada yada.Later when I left, I found dogshit smeared on my car!
Initially, I thought I'd forget about it and ignore them and they'd get bored and go and annoy someone else, but I've decided to report the incident to the Police. Mainly because no one should have to put up with that sort of abuse from anyone, especially kids, and also if something like the house gets broken into while I'm not there, the Police have had a report that I might have a problem there.
The point though of my long winded tale is, what are the legalities of taking photos of people/kids? Although in the end I didn't take the photo because the gobby one was to quick for me, I had every intention of taking it. If I had, could I have got on the wrong side of the law?Judging by his reaction, I reckon he is well known to the local Police, which is why he went nuts!
Makes me wish I could have turned the clock back to 1957 when I could have gone out and beat the shit out of the little bastard and everyone, including the Police would have clapped me on the back and said "Well done!"
Sorry again for the long winded post, but I'll be interested to hear what you guys and girls think!
I work with children and there is certainly an element with the attitude you describe here. If you need to take photos, report the incident to the police and give them the photos and you will be fine. I wouldn't build up a archive of photos on your phone over months then produce them later. If there is someone else around when you take them even better
if your worried discuss with the local PCSO first.
