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[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 54 points 1 month ago

Police in Utrecht, in the Netherlands, found the “sneaky witness” when arresting a shoplifting subject. Politie Utrecht shared a picture of the bird on their instagram page last week. “We recently arrested a suspect for a shoplifting,” the caption said. “During the arrest we found a sneaky witness with feathers and beak on the suspect’s shoulder.”

https://time.com/5689057/bird-arrest/

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 month ago (4 children)

bread is bad for birdy tho

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

not the worst jail food

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, yes, but a rare snack wont kill it. It's like triple fudge cake for humans - yeah its bad for us, but having it once in a while really wont do much harm.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Indeed, however according to Article 32, section 1-B3 of International Bird Law, all prisoners should have a perch of acceptable size in relation to their body mass. Not only is the food nutritionally sub-standard, but there is as well no visible perch in their cell. This picture provides evidence (albeit circumstantial) of atrocious living conditions of bird prisoners in bird jail.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Okay well... Filibuster

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Bird Law is second only to Tree Law in severity

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I don't remember the birds signing the geneva convention, so it doesn't apply to them. And bird law doesn't apply to humans.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How often is "once in a while"?

(Asking for a friend.)

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A pretty clearly staged this for a laugh.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] don@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago
[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shouldn't partake in criminal activity if birdy wants to decide by itself about its diet.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

A prison should be a place of rehabilitation which means proper diet, sleep and structured activities. Thus, bird feed would be much more suitable. Indeed, the bread is in contravention of International Bird Law, Article 32, section 4-A1.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why can't our police be like this?

[–] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Difficult to arrest the bird after it's been shot 6 times because they thought it was an acorn.

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

American cops're afraid of acorns as a threat to their manhood, which is frankly understandable.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Because guns!