Travis, Nooooo, what he went to jail for was pissing off the cop. The cop simply had to find a better reason than "he cussed at me and pissed me off" in order to throw him in jail for a little "time out" so to speak. I think Chief Inspector is a fairly high rank in the Brit police dept. BTW, the offense was "breach of the peace".
On Jun 28, 1:21 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: *Travis* > Date: Sun, Jun 28, 2009 > Subject: Revving your car engine in a racist manner? > > Hi > > Getting pretty bizarre over there. I'd like to see the statute in the > vehicle code that prohibits "racist engine revving". > > Hate speech via engine noise? > > --- > Randy > > “He who dares not offend cannot be honest” > -- Thomas Paine > > ________________ > > And (no doubt in my mind) lunacy like this is bound to become reality here > too very soon, > considering "Dixie" horns on cars or trucks are already regarded as > "racist". > > **************************************************************************** > **************** > > http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/13/1347.asp > <http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/13/1347.asp > > UK: Jail Time for Revving Engine in a Racist Manner > A motorist in Scotland, UK is fined $238 and sent to jail for two days for > the crime of revving his Lotus Esprit in a racist manner. > > Scottish motorist Ronnie Hutton, 49, was jailed for two days for the crime > of "revving his car in a racist manner" last September. After waiting more > than a year to try the case, the Stirling Sheriff court finally convicted > Hutton last week of breach of the peace and fined him £150 (US $282). > > An off duty officer, Chief Inspector Eoin Jenkins, said Hutton had revved > the engine of his Lotus Esprit near two Muslims last year. After Hutton > dismissed Jenkins' concern with an expletive, Jenkins immediately dispatched > two police officers to Hutton's home where he was taken and thrown in jail > for two days without formal charges. Hutton explained that his revving had > nothing to do with nearby pedestrians, rather, he was keeping his > temperamental and expensive V8 engine from stalling and being damaged. > > "To be convicted for revving my car in a busy street is hard to take," > Hutton told the Sunday Mail newspaper. "Does this mean anyone driving a > noisy car in Scotland is now a criminal?" > > Asked in court why the man may have revved his engine, Hana Saad, 23, said > through an interpreter, "Maybe because we are Muslim." > > -- > *~@):~{> > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
