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UK: Holed-up perp had right to fried chicken

Gloucester, England: A suspected car thief who bombarded police with bricks and tiles during a rooftop siege was given a Kentucky Fried Chicken takeaway meal by officers to ensure his “well-being and human rights”…. A spokesman for Gloucester police said: “He has been demanding various things and one was a KFC bargain bucket. Although he’s […]

Gloucester, England:

A suspected car thief who bombarded police with bricks and tiles during a rooftop siege was given a Kentucky Fried Chicken takeaway meal by officers to ensure his “well-being and human rights”….

A spokesman for Gloucester police said: “He has been demanding various things and one was a KFC bargain bucket. Although he’s a nuisance, we still have to look after his well-being and human rights. He’s also been given cigarettes.”

(Richard Savill, “KFC meal ‘ensures siege man’s rights'”, Daily Telegraph, Jun. 7).

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4 Comments

  • I’m waiting to see what they do when the next guy demands a pint of Guinness and a hooker.

  • I’m waiting for the man’s lawsuit alleging that his health problems were caused by the fried chicken and cigarettes given to him by the police. I mean, if we’re going to respect his human rights, we have to respect all of them, right?

  • They should have laced the meal with some industrial grade tranquilisers.
    End of problem 🙂

  • This is one of those where just because it’s a good story, it doesn’t mean it’s true.

    A thoughtful follow-up piece in the Guardian explains:

    I asked Gloucestershire Constabulary why they issued the human rights claim. “That certainly didn’t come from this office,” a police spokesman told me. “What happened was nothing to do with the Human Rights Act. It was a negotiation. He said he would come down if we gave him food and drink.”

    • By marek