# Does anybody get arrested? (UK dopers related)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-get-arrested-uk-dopers-related/658146>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-get-arrested-uk-dopers-related/658146 "2013-05-12T13:46:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-get-arrested-uk-dopers-related/658146/1 "2013-05-12T13:46:06Z")

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So, I’m watching this Shia vs. Sunni BS where simple-minded idiots pretending to be men of higher calling are acting their true gang-style colours.

Now, this [ItemFix - Social Video Factory](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f5f_1368359069) happened in UK but it seems like it’s just a Friday afternoon there. I’d have a questioon of who the heck are these people but I’d rather ask something else.

The question is - does anyone get arrested for public nuisance or having an unauthorized assembly or assault or something? Is this a regular event? Because if not, I have a feeling that this kind of behaviour is covered under “it’s their culture” umbrella of thinking whereas half of these idiots should be in jail for sobering up?

So, UK dopers, what’s up with this? Am I wrong in thinking that there is this common idea that you cannot touch these guys due to “religious garb” they’re wearing when in fact they are just a bunch of cretins?

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**Author:** ![codgerone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@codgerone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codgerone)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-get-arrested-uk-dopers-related/658146/2 "2013-05-12T17:22:04Z")

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We have an extremely tolerant attitude towards public protests, more so than many of us would like.

As far as I’m concerned these people have every right to argue about their religious differences and complain about what they perceive as injustices against their countrymen.

I just wish they’d fuck off back to the middle east and do it.

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**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-get-arrested-uk-dopers-related/658146/3 "2013-05-12T18:44:24Z")

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You really have to go out of your way to get arrested in the UK these days, its even harder to get prosecuted and to get sent to prison you pretty much have to murder someone \*(and even thats not for certain, a couple of years ago a teenager here in Northern Ireland got a year in detention for killing his grandfather!) \* or appear before the court on several hundred occassions.

> **[Grandfather killer Eamon Coyle's term "unduly lenient"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11878932)**
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> A teenager who confessed to killing his grandfather is to have his sentence reviewed by the Court of Appeal as "unduly lenient".