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Diving in the Deep End

Charles Oliver | 10.23.2012 6:00 AM


Eight police officers responded to a Dorset, England, swimming pool after a man shouted at children who splashed him. Two of the officers, fully clothed, jumped in, and dragged him out. They later determined he'd committed no crime and drove him home.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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