Taxi driver shuts down Regent Street, London.

[CyrilSwan]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3370479/Thousands-Christmas-shoppers-evacuated-London-s-Regent-Street-security-alert-suspicious-vehicle-near-Hamleys-toy-store.html
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[hellkat]

Ooooo peak hysteria season.
Hoorah.


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[c_dug]

So a taxi parked at a taxi rank closes one of the busiest roads in London?

Genius.
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[iooi]

[CaNsA]

terr'ists have won

[dodgydog]

A Police officer smashed the back window?

"To get a better look at the back seat"

He'll be getting an award for bravery then?
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[monkeybiker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxIUs-pQBjk

[Rogerborg]

Can we all please focus on the fact that thanks to the eagle eyed vigilance of citizens, and the prompt, proportionate actions of the Metropolitan Police, literally millions of innocent lives were saved.

Make Britain Great Again!
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[Stalk]

Think I would want new window

[iooi]

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[barrkel]

It wasn't a taxi driver, and the vehicle wasn't a taxi, as it didn't have a taxi license.

Looks like losing a window is the only trouble the driver got into. He got away lightly IMO, just for the nuisance factor - it's close to an ideal setup for a car bomb. I don't think the police overreacted either.
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[Rogerborg]

By Jove, that vehicle doesn't have a small, trivially forged piece of plastic on it! As everyone knows, The Terrorists are scrupulously honest and never resort to deception, so SHUT DOWN LONDON!
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[bamt]

Trivial if you trigger off courtesy lights coming on.

I was in Manchester city centre minutes before the IRA bomb went off, whilst the police were evacuating. Mrs bamt was working on Deansgate, and helped deal with those who were wounded by flying glass from all the shop windows that went out about a quarter of a mile away from the bomb. This is not nice stuff, it's not just a puff of smoke and a bit of a bang. If that officer genuinely thought there may be threat then yes, it was a very brave (maybe foolhardy) thing to do.

[Rogerborg]

So, he breaks the glass.

Then what?

Spots bomb, leaps through window like a panther, defuses it with his bootlaces, is promoted to lead secret StarGate program?
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[bamt]

Probably.

I didn't say it was sensible - frankly if they thought it really was a bomb then it should have been a bomb-squad job to deal with it. Let them trash the guy's cab, preferably with a controlled explosion

[c_dug]

I think they just break the glass for shits and giggles (read - to piss off the vehicle owner), I watched a very similar scenario from on top of the museum once, the whole of Exhibition Road was closed because somebody had parked a Luton with pro Iran signage all over it it right outside the main entrance.

Judging by the way they were walking around the van, it didn't feel like they felt it was a real threat. It also suffered the broken window and clip 'round the ear for the driver.
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[MCN]

The the poor cnut get what he was shopping for?
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[Rogerborg]

Bit of overtime in January's pay packet.
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