A UK police force is facing embarrassment after it angrily tweeted about “2 reports of snowballs being thrown” in violation of coronavirus lockdown rules.
West Mercia Police, via the Safer Neighbourhood Team for Broseley & Much Wenlock Twitter account posted that, “There have been 2 reports of snowballs being thrown last night between 11 & 11:30pm,this is obviously not a justifiable reason to be out of your house, this behaviour is likely to result in a £200 Fixed Penalty Notice for breaking the lockdown rules.”
Police subsequently claimed that the snowballs had been thrown at the homes of elderly residents.
Under England’s new national lockdown, reports are already flooding in of people being harassed by police for going on a walk or simply being in a town center.
A family in Scotland was also arrested after police entered their home acting on a tip off from a neighbor who claimed there were “too many people inside.”
