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London bus driver sacked after chasing and punching thief (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

Operations manager Alina Gioroc, who had heard the disciplinary case, told the tribunal she believed "that the (man) returned towards the bus with the clear intention to apologise and shake hands with the female passenger".

Gioroc continued: "When the (man) intended to shake hands with the claimant, the claimant pushed the (man) away rather than stepping away himself, and the (man) had not been aggressive until this point."

Wait so let me get this straight. A man steals a necklace, legs it, gets chased down and stopped by the bus driver, then returns to the bus to.... shake hands? Wut? Is this the fucking playground?

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Violence is only acceptable when state-sanctioned, everyone knows this

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

Would have a point. If this was about him facing charges.

But it's his employer. Any one who has worked knows Thier employer will never support this when acting in their name.

If you work retail even security no company is going to let you act to stop violence when in their name.

It may not be right. But hardly a suprise.