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Jermaine Taylor (Gwent Police)

Police in Gwent, Wales, have warned people they could be prosecuted for mocking the receding hairline of a convicted drug dealer. Police posted a mugshot of Jermaine Taylor, 21, on Facebook, seeking the public's help in finding him after the violated the terms of his release. "Please remember that harassing, threatening, and abusing people on social media can be against the law," cops warned Facebook commenters on the post. "Our advice is to be as careful on social media as you would in any other form of communication."

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  1. Adans smith

    Some people have no sense of humor.

    1. Adans smith

      And, by the way, what’s up with that dumb asses hair ?

  2. Inigo Montoya

    How do you say “He has Bozo the Clown hair!”
    in Welsh Gaelic?

    1. Post-birth Abortionist

      Mae ganddo Bozo ‘ r gwallt clown!

    2. Dillinger

      was on the Bozo the Clown show when i was 5

  3. Rat on a train

    Our advice is to be as careful on social media as you would in any other form of communication.
    Dos i chwarae efo dy nain, masnachwr caethweision.

    1. Google translate says Welch detected!

      “Go play with your grandmother, a slave trader.”

      1. Rat on a train

        I’m not Matt.

  4. They could always stop posting mugshots.

    1. Cyto

      Whoa now…. let’s not go crazy!

  5. Ray McKigney

    The International Silver String Submarine Band!

  6. loveconstitution1789

    Garbage Island strikes again!

  7. Quo Usque Tandem

    Great Britain; knife bans, no pointy ends, never mind access to any type of firearm, speech control, don’t hit back, don’t say anything that might hurt anyone’s feelings….sounds like the live in a preschool or an open air asylum.

    1. creech

      What happened to the nation that responded heroically to calls for the evacuation of its troops at Dunkirk?

      1. loveconstitution1789

        England is part of the Thousand Year Reich anyway.

      2. Unicorn Abattoir

        They were regulated out of existence. Do you realize how complex the permitting process for a Dunkirk-style evacuation would be nowadays?

        1. loveconstitution1789

          The French were really upset that Churchill ordered the evacuation of British troops at Dunkirk (French soldiers were evacuated too).

          The EU is upset that British people want the Brexit.

  8. Cyto

    Might not make it for the morning links, so here’s a prequel:

    Activist protesting ICE threaten families of contractor.

    “We know where all your children live throughout the country … John Bulfin you have kids in [bleeped out], you have kids in [bleeped out],” the protester shouted. “We know everything about you and you won’t just be seeing us here.”
    “We know where you sleep at night,” another protester shouted. “We know what kind of dog food you buy your dogs.”
    “We’re not actually joking,” the protester said before shouting the location of where Bulfin lives. “John Bulfin you go to [bleeped out], you go to church on [bleeped out], you live on [bleeped out the] road. We are not joking.”

    This, one day before someone shot up ICE offices in Texas.

    I wonder if this will be treated as seriously as a random anonymous person on the internet opining about judges and woodchippers?

    ‘Cause I know which one I’d take more seriously.

    (in fact, I’m pretty sure that if you shout something like that at a bunch of the folks around here you stand a good chance of getting shot on the spot.)

    1. Unicorn Abattoir

      Not to worry, Cyto. The folks on CNN assure me that it’s just a peaceful form of protest.

    2. darkflame

      You’re not wrong. You start spouting that level of bull, you better be ready for the consequences.

  9. Rich

    Police in Gwent, Wales, have warned people they could be prosecuted for mocking the receding hairline of a convicted drug dealer.

    One trusts, however, that it’s acceptable to mock the Gwent police for so warning people.

    1. Unicorn Abattoir

      This is serious stuff in the UK. They even have a Ministry of Funny Walks.

      1. Charles Easterly

        Do not be Silly.

  10. Ska

    “Our advice is to be as careful on social media as you would in any other form of communication.”

    Is it illegal, in Wales, to call someone a bald fuck?

  11. Finrod

    Fuck the UK police.

    1. Unicorn Abattoir

      Coming straight from the Underground?

  12. Dillinger

    even when the Welsh don’t know it they’re working for the clampdown.

  13. MatthewSlyfield

    What’s wrong with raising rabbits?

  14. Uncle Jay

    “Police in Gwent, Wales, have warned people they could be prosecuted for mocking the receding hairline of a convicted drug dealer.”

    Where’s Dirty Hairy when you need him?

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