FTFA: "I stood up to a hoodie and it was me who got done."

What the hell? I thought the British could speak English. That doesn't even make sense.

That is something I'd hear in Georgia.

/The state.
//People confuse the two sometimes.

Sybarite: I love how the article goes on in painful detail about this woman's life story when the fact is absolutely none of that matters as far as the law is concerned.

This.

Being old, talented, rich, poor, or having any number of tragedies and success in your life does not excuse a crime... be it drugging and raping a 13 year old girl (and murdering her in 1990), or hitting a neighborhood hoodlum.

"And now, Notlob...Bolton!"

/obscure?

Sybarite: I love how the article goes on in painful detail about this woman's life story when the fact is absolutely none of that matters as far as the law is concerned.

It seems the author of the article had already decided that there's no possible way that a 71 year old woman could be the aggressor. I have to wonder about the honesty of a woman using a "walking frame" to appear in court after she was willing to leave her house, confront the teenager who is much bigger than her, and apparently was holding him by the lapels (hoodies have lapels?) when the police get there.

Maybe she just made a series of bad choices and really was the victim, but it sounds like she may not be as innocent as the story implies.

Some lawns are not meant to be walked on

Looks like she should keep her hands to herself.

Old German cow

Eric Shaun: FTFA: "I stood up to a hoodie and it was me who got done."

What the hell? I thought the British could speak English. That doesn't even make sense.

That is something I'd hear in Georgia.

/The state.
//People confuse the two sometimes.

At least he wasn't a chav.



/as far as I can tell it's one part wigger, one part jockey, one part meth addict

What's a hoodie? Are these guys as badass as they sound or are they complete pussies as I imagine them to be.

When I read prodding, I was expecting she used a cattle prod, not her finger. Using a cattle prod would be grounds for assault IF she were not defending herself. But her finger? WTF???

In the US there are lots of circumstances where if you (as an adult) get into an altercation with a minor then you are liable, no matter what the kid did.

Thumping a 17 year old in the chest is "battery"?

That 17 year old has self-respect oozing from him like sweat on a cold beer. The cops are automatons.

Lord_Dreadlow: When I read prodding, I was expecting she used a cattle prod, not her finger. Using a cattle prod would be grounds for assault IF she were not defending herself. But her finger? WTF???

funny I kinda figured the same, cuz i didnt think people would arrest a 70+ lady for poking someone. Its very possible this women is old and a bit crazy and did step over the line. But come on. she old.

also bringing in the whole surviving Nazi Germany, while interesting is so completely irrelevent and it make her seem more guilty. Why would that need to be a an issue?

Rule, Britannia...

It's impossible to say what really happened because the article is pathetic. In the old-school definition of pathetic.

i suspect that said old lady was asked by the police to let go of said young man and refused. the suns' belief that there is nothing that an old lady can do that merits arrest is a little odd.

for the record a hoodie is a person who wears a hooded top, often chavs but tecnically i am a hoodie as well as i have quite the penchant for the comfy piece of clothing.

Do you know what happens to young sociopaths? They grow up to be old sociopaths.

Just because she's old and tiny doesn't mean she can't be an @sshole. I see lots of little old lady @sswipes often on the subway. They think everyone owes them and they can't keep thier lipstick-smeared mouths shut.

/DNRFA

stjeanp: Rule, Britannia...

so if you were a chief constable you would push the ACPO to issue a guideline to arrest the youngest person in an altercation and believe the oldest person present?

There's a Family Guy episode where a nun in poking a guy with her finger but he can't feel it because he has a super-thick sweater on. Tried to GIS the image and failed got 'nuthin.

I think this article has something to do with UHC that the brits have but I can't figure it out. Can a right winger help me out?

To sum up-

1)Crabby old biatch does a get the hell off my lawn to some kids playing ball on her street.

2) Kids call crabby old biatch a crabby old biatch, keep playing.

3) Having failed to scare off kids with crabby old biatch act, crabby old biatch goes out and gets physical with teenagers, figuring, "I may be a crabby old biatch, but I want them off my street, so I'll go scare them off by being a pushy, scary, crabby old biatch. Besides, who's gonna believe these damn kids...and I'll tell people they threw rocks, even though no one else saw it, there's no broken windows, or any other evidence besides my old lady righteousness. Maybe I'll ever claim they attacked me."

4) Kid is smarter than crabby old biatch, and actually uses the law to protect his rights to play ball without being hassled by crabby old biatches.

5) Crabby old biatch meets her match.

Be on the look out for a black male between 4'7" and 6'8".

Now, what's the difference between a "hoodie" and a "yob"? As in the headline "Suicide mum yob unmasked"?

I don't see the problem. The kid was playing football in the street, lady comes out, starts poking him in the chest and yelling at him because she thinks he threw rocks at her house. Why should the kid be arrested because some old loon wants to blame him for something?

Piggest Pussy EVER!!!
//Bonus they put the little snowflake's picture in the paper..

Sounds like some kids were playing in the street when grandma got paranoid and decided to confront them.

Sybarite: I love how the article goes on in painful detail about this woman's life story when the fact is absolutely none of that matters as far as the law is concerned.

I love how you go on about "the law" as if it were some absolute that doesn't take into account the circumstances.

Walker: Sorry, should a British newspaper start using American slang instead of British slang so Americans can understand it?

Damn skippy!

Sybarite: I love how the article goes on in painful detail about this woman's life story when the fact is absolutely none of that matters as far as the law is concerned.

Probably gained her some cred with the denizens of the legal system, though.

Godfrey: Now, what's the difference between a "hoodie" and a "yob"? As in the headline "Suicide mum yob unmasked"?

hoodie - hoodlum, usually in a hoodie
yob - inverse of boy, sometimes derogatory
lorry - truck
lift - elevator
clenge - vajayjay

/Bob's your uncle, fanny's your aunt...right as rain you is now

sendtodave: Sybarite: I love how the article goes on in painful detail about this woman's life story when the fact is absolutely none of that matters as far as the law is concerned.

I love how you go on about "the law" as if it were some absolute that doesn't take into account the circumstances.

What circumstances are you talking about?

sendtodave: Sybarite: I love how the article goes on in painful detail about this woman's life story when the fact is absolutely none of that matters as far as the law is concerned.

I love how you go on about "the law" as if it were some absolute that doesn't take into account the circumstances.

Her life story is absolutely irrelevant to the facts at hand.

OlafTheBent: This is worse than Hitler.

At least Hitler would have punished the criminal, not the victim.

"the aggrieved"

"reoffend"

Terrible, ridiculous words for the situation.

Psumek: clenge - vajayjay

Right, then what's the difference between clenge, minge and fanny?

Eric Shaun: FTFA: "I stood up to a hoodie and it was me who got done."

What the hell? I thought the British could speak English. That doesn't even make sense.

Which part are you having trouble with?

"stood up to" - confronted
"hoodie" - a hooded sweatshirt, or someone who wears one
"done" - punished

Godfrey: Psumek: clenge - vajayjay

Right, then what's the difference between clenge, minge and fanny?

Remember in America, fanny is your bum not your minge.

Godfrey: Psumek: clenge - vajayjay

Right, then what's the difference between clenge, minge and fanny?

Clenge is a new one on me. Minge usually refers to the visible outer parts, including/especially the hair. Fanny sounds a bit more childish, and is used as a mild insult, you fanny - milder than "twat". Wasting time on fark might be termed "fannying about".

Tainted1:
Her life story is absolutely irrelevant to the facts at hand.

Disposition of character is very important in legal trials; often an attorney's main argument is framed around whether the defendant is a "good person" or a "bad person."

Soon to be Obama's America where criminals will get more rights than the victims.

Tainted1: Her life story is absolutely irrelevant to the facts at hand.

This isn't a court of law. It's a "news" story. The purpose of which is to entertain rather than to prosecute.

It's not Fark, it's...

sendtodave: Tainted1:
Her life story is absolutely irrelevant to the facts at hand.

Disposition of character is very important in legal trials; often an attorney's main argument is framed around whether the defendant is a "good person" or a "bad person."

Oh, you mean like the community leader, business man, family guy, all around upstanding citizen in Alaska who turned out to be a serial killer?

cldafletcher: OlafTheBent: This is worse than Hitler.

At least Hitler would have punished the criminal, not the victim.

I think Hitler would have killed them both, AND the entire neighborhood as well. Because I hear he was like that.

/Put 'em up against the wall and all that.

LEAVE OLD PEOPLE ALONE THEY'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH HEAPS OF BULLshiat IN THEIR LIVES AND WATCHED LOVED ONES GO.

THE KID THREW farkING STONES.