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[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 54 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (4 children)

bread is bad for birdy tho

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

not the worst jail food

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

Okay well... Filibuster

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

Bird Law is second only to Tree Law in severity

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

How often is "once in a while"?

(Asking for a friend.)

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A pretty clearly staged this for a laugh.

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

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

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (2 children)

Why can't our police be like this?

[–] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 50 points 3 months 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 3 months ago

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

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Because guns!