Couple charged with assault for trying to buy water in Rochdale Tesco

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Obviously don’t know the full facts, but the photos
Show the police being pretty heavy handed.

They look Muslim, so presume don’t drink alcohol, they have regularly buy the water from other branches of Tesco.
This behaviour by the police looks like the sort of treatment meted out by racist officers towards African Americans in the US.

I am disgusted by the thuggish behaviour of the police and I hope Mr. Hussain succeeds in his complaint to the PCC.

I've reported MilkyTea for her goadiness.

I suggest others just ignore it.

Not 'Justice for Tesco couple', 'Tesco justice for couple'. Which they have already had. Sorted.

Tesco were the ones who instigated the police presence at the incident which then resulted in the violent police attack on the two shoppers.

So Tesco are also ventriloquists and they made it sound like the man called them over?

MilkyTea20 has had a history of posting absurd goady posts (check their advanced search results, some of them are real crackers) and should probably be ignored

There’s no arguing with stupid.

@MilkyTea20 why are t you suggesting that people just boycott Tesco?

I can't believe there is a petition supporting the goady Tesco water couple. Hopefully another one will be set up telling them to go away - talk about being desperate for 15 mins of fame.

Banned for being abusive and offensive. And rightly so.

I don't even shop at Tesco! I wish I WAS funded by them, could do with the money .

Why do you assume that anyone who disagrees with you, or even points out an error (e.g. who called the police over) MUST be funded by Tesco. I may as well suggest that you are funded by the couple involved in this incident.

Who's Tesco-funded?

I'm Lidl-funded ta very much.

@MilkyTea20 WTF did your last post mean?

Confused.com!!!

They committed a public order offence and were arrested. What’s the story?

So we now have Tesco-funded posters trying to have people criticising the company banned from mumsnet. What a disgusting organisation.

Care to explain?

What really shocks me now are the number of adults who absolutely cannot hear the word "no". I see it so often now. As soon as someone refuses to do what they want, even if the declining is perfectly justified, many grown adults throw an epic toddler tantrum.

Some people need to do an awful lot of growing up.

Where do I apply for my Tesco funding? Could really do with some cash..or do they only pay in water bottles?

Brown I see you’ve met mil!

I haven’t read the entire thread but this couple seemed to be spoiling for a fight. Obviously there was an issue with buying that quantity of water for ‘personal use’, then they refused to stop filming and refused to leave when asked. Then they carried on ridiculously resisting arrest. I feel sorry for the poor cop who was backed into a corner. What a waste of taxpayers’ money.

What really shocks me now are the number of adults who absolutely cannot hear the word "no". I see it so often now. As soon as someone refuses to do what they want, even if the declining is perfectly justified, many grown adults throw an epic toddler tantrum

Ain't that the truth

1nightwith

It shocks me how many police officers on here think its illegal to a,buy too much water and b,to break tescos rules

It really shocks me how apparently intelligent people can get their facts completely wrong even after they've been stated many many times in the same thread.

A) the police don't think it's illegal to buy to much water.
B) nor do they think it's illegal to break Tesco's rules.

The man called the police over, the policeman just happened to be in Tesco, the policeman asked man to leave store, man refused, man argued with officer, man assaulted officer, man got arrested for assault.
Is that simple enough for you?

No need to be shocked; I doubt if any posters, police officers or otherwise, think it is illegal to buy too much water. It is actually impossible to buy too much water as you can buy as much as any shop is prepared to sell you. OTOH, if you commit a public order offence if you are not happy with the amount of water a shop will sell you, then you are breaking the law!