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01-06-2016, 10:27 PM | #1 | |
The future is unwritten
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Jan 7th, 2016: Garrotting Panic
After London formed the Metropolitan Police Force in 1839, a lot of people who had never thought about street crime, were now worried. After all, they wouldn’t have formed the Police if it wasn’t a problem. Rarely somebody would be garroted with a wire, belt, scarf, or somebody’s arm, but the public reacted more to this so the papers played it for all it was worth. In 1862 a Member of Parliament got garroted for his watch, and the papers went crazy, as did the public, resulting in a new law that stipulated 50 lashes in addition to prison time.
People who had to travel at night hired body guards, traveled in groups, and bought all sorts of defensive devices the entrepreneurs invented and sold. From metal/leather collars to cartoonish spiked collars that would probably be a bigger danger to the wearer, than garrotters. My favorite is Ball’s Patent Anti-Garrotter Belt Pistol. Quote:
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01-07-2016, 04:28 AM | #2 | |
We have to go back, Kate!
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That era of criminal history is really interesting.
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01-07-2016, 09:19 PM | #3 |
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When society grows to where there are haves and have-nots, there will be crime. Guaranteed.
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