Brightlingsea
Getting elbowed in the face by one of Britain's finest (cough) coppers (luckily it was the eye I could already not see out of, but unfortunately this didn't mean it didn't hurt like a bastard). Not sure if he meant to or it was accidental, or he was aiming for someone else, but it certainly took me by surprise as everything was quiet one minute then people who were just standing around were being manhandled the next. Not for chanting, shouting, hurling abuse, blocking the routes of transporters, chaining myself to lorries or otherwise causing a disturbance or disruption, but for standing around quietly in the lee of a building with a friend. Had I have reacted badly to the unprovoked smack in the face by a guardian of the law, I would have doubtless been arrested (as it was, people who had been merely passing by had been arrested too.)
So I didn't stick it to the Man at the end of the day - he stuck it to me. In the eye.
(womanwhocanonlylivewithdogs, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:52, Reply)