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Driving through a bad part of the city I saw a tall blond haired girl with a short skirt she looked a bit geeky 25 ish but the thing that struck me as I approached from behind them was the chap that had his arm on her waist it looked uncomfortable and awkward how he was holding her and he looked like a tramp maye 65 dressed very scruffy unlike her, matted long grey hair ......initially I though she might be a prostitute as I passed by the thought crossed my mind she might be being abducted they looked such an incongruous pair I decided to turn around to check if something bad was happening. Seen something before where that was the case.
As I turned around heading back from the direction I'd come there were two community police officers stopped the car explained what I'd seen and said jump in the back and I'll give you a lift " We're going that way sir we'll check it out " left it at that drove up to turn around and saw the couple again turned around drove past the again ( didn't look good ) drove on expect to see these community bobbies on the way maybe fifty yards by now ......bloody disappeared ...no sight of them anywhere ....gone ........
Contrast that with this ......Late one night taking the dog out saw a small girl about 10 dressed respectable hurrying along and should not have been out after 12pm looked like a school girl with a black raincoat on she crossed the road so our paths didn't cross........ flagged down a police car a few minutes later explained what I'd seen .....they shot off to investigate ....
Moral of the story don't assume it's ok if you see something untoward ....better to make a mistake than find out afterward you could have made a difference .....Jamie Bulger died because people didn't investigate enough and believed his abductors...... how could you live with yourself after that .......
As I turned around heading back from the direction I'd come there were two community police officers stopped the car explained what I'd seen and said jump in the back and I'll give you a lift " We're going that way sir we'll check it out " left it at that drove up to turn around and saw the couple again turned around drove past the again ( didn't look good ) drove on expect to see these community bobbies on the way maybe fifty yards by now ......bloody disappeared ...no sight of them anywhere ....gone ........
Contrast that with this ......Late one night taking the dog out saw a small girl about 10 dressed respectable hurrying along and should not have been out after 12pm looked like a school girl with a black raincoat on she crossed the road so our paths didn't cross........ flagged down a police car a few minutes later explained what I'd seen .....they shot off to investigate ....
Moral of the story don't assume it's ok if you see something untoward ....better to make a mistake than find out afterward you could have made a difference .....Jamie Bulger died because people didn't investigate enough and believed his abductors...... how could you live with yourself after that .......