Buckingham Palace arrest did 'great thing' for the UK

Man arrested outside Buckingham palace

A Home Office minister has praised the 'fantastic piece of policing' that saw a man arrested after allegedly throwing shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.

The suspect was detained at about 7pm on Tuesday after he approached the palace’s gates in central London and threw a number of items, the Metropolitan Police said.

He is being held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon after a knife was found, the force said.

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[desdicadoric]

Interesting to see that at least one person in the Uk Gets a police response

[Khonsu]

Yet if you get burgled, you'll get a crime number and never even see them

[marchartley]

You caught a farmer with a stray shotgun shell in his pocket. Well done

[Calismax-whostolemyname]

Lucky the police were there to stop the man with no gun only shells and perhaps a knife. im sure he would of made it past the beefeater guards with military training and massive swords, and easily defeated the internal armed security with their GUNS AND AMMO!! how could they ever stand a chance against some shells and no gun. Truly the king is lucky to be alive and praise the heroic police who stopped this severe terrorist attack!!!! /s

[AMB-FM]

What a shame the rest of us don't have police protection to anywhere near that level.

[cosmicwartoad]

Let's see how swift they respond to a burgalary or car theft

[Anon-xdcf]

Play the arrest video backwards and it looks like the old farmer is confidently dragging to police officers towards the palace.

[awalk]

This is almost like a PR stunt. A shotgun cartridge is no more dangerous than a firework on its own. This looks more like a deranged gesture than any form of threat to anyone.
The Home Office minister is simply indulging in propaganda for people who know nothing about shotgun cartridges to get agitated about.

[stephenm]

Have they really done a 'great thing for the country' tho? It's not as if the rest of us would get this response

[bunbwre]

Jesus, if they couldn't catch a guy throwing stuff over the gates with that police presence, then we would be in trouble. Oh but we are in trouble because they can't catch anyone other than a halfwit with a resentment.

[elchapito]

*"Fantastic piece of policing"... Lol! Give me a break!*

[tompope]

Pretty sure if he had an offensive weapon he wouldn't be throwing cartidges! What a sausage

[StephenLyons-tlie]

It must be the fastest police response in decades!!

[mr.zn]

Were the police not just doing their job?

[mark-nmtc]

A controlled explosion of....gun cartridges?. Good to know that the solid stone walls, foundations etc, of the palace are fully protected against something with the almighty force of a whale fart....

[cleanerben]

He's a hero. Probably a disgruntled farmer.

[MasonG]

So what about the police officers that just got arrested for rape put that on the news 🤷🏾‍♂️

[robertnapier]

What use were the shotgun shells if he didn’t have a shotgun to fire them? Hardly fantastic policing. I’m sorry but it seems like the guy was trying to bait the police and they fell for it.

[Manu-Official]

But then Jimmy Savile was given a job as a marital counsellor.

[jamesbinderman]

Shotgun cartridges are not illegal and without a gun completely useless, this is a psyop.