A mother was arrested and jailed for seven hours after she confiscated iPads from her own children because she wanted them to concentrate on their homework.
Yes, really.
It’s the latest insane story of police overreach from the backwards UK, where stabbings are just an everyday occurrence and robberies are not even investigated, but people saying mean words about the ‘wrong’ things are thrown in prison.
Vanessa Brown, 50, a history teacher was arrested & held for seven-and-a-half hours by @SurreyPolice for stealing 2 iPads. They were at her mother's house, who was also questioned.
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) April 11, 2025
She had taken them away from her two daughters so they could concentrate on their homework.… pic.twitter.com/pcW2OAX1PE
Now responsible parenting is the target.
The LBC report notes:
History teacher Vanessa Brown, 50, spent seven-and-a-half hours in a custody cell on March 26 this year, following a claim she had stolen two iPads which were traced to her mother’s house in Cobham, Surrey.
Yet it transpired that the two devices belonged to her daughters, and Ms Brown had merely confiscated them to encourage them to focus on their schoolwork, a fact Surrey Police has now acknowledged.
“I find it quite traumatic even talking about this now,” Ms Brown recalled.
“At no point did they [the officers] think to themselves, ‘Oh, this is a little bit of an overreaction for a moment, confiscating temporarily her iPads and popping over to her mum’s to have a coffee’. It was just a complete overreaction.
It isn’t made exactly clear who reported the iPads stolen, but it seems to have been the ex-partner of the woman.
Every day we see examples of utterly terrible policing.
— Howard Jones (@hjoneshojo) April 11, 2025
The ex husband reported the mother of his children for stealing their daughter’s iPads.
The first thought of any thinking police officer should be this is not a police matter.
That should have been made robustly clear to…
In any case, why on Earth did police waste their time on this? Isn’t there enough actual crime to deal with?
Surely this is a dystopian novel.
— Danishova (@Danishova) April 11, 2025
Wow, just wow;
— Elminster (@Elminster04) April 11, 2025
“….The police bail conditions included not speaking to her daughters, who were connected to the investigation, while officers carried out their enquiries.
“….. and that she was entitled to confiscate items from her own children.”
Theft: Dishonestly appropriate property belonging to another, with intent to permanently deprive the other of it.
— Keith 🇬🇧 (@LonsdaleKeith) April 11, 2025
It would've taken about 10 seconds to establish that this was not theft. The cops involved should be put back on probation. As should the custody sergeant and…
How can she "steal" ipads that she owns? If it's her children then assume she bought them.
— Justin Nospan (@JNospan61704) April 11, 2025
In Britain 🇬🇧, members of Muslim rape grooming gangs seem to get less police scrutiny than mothers pushing their kids to focus on schoolwork. Absolutely wild! Is that simply what happens when your politicians start being folks like this👇🏼? https://t.co/CsrjIRLrop pic.twitter.com/sZlGUUYBJ3
— Hashem (@HashemAllMighty) April 11, 2025
And who is the "man in his 40s" who reported a mother for monitoring her children's computer use? Why is he not charged with maliciously wasting police time? https://t.co/M6TJrRJtJk
— M*s*c*l R*s*st*nc* (@Barbi_bb) April 11, 2025
Don’t worry, because soon enough, British authorities will have the ability to predict which responsible mothers are going to confiscate tablets from their kids before they do it.
Then they’ll be dealt with accordingly.
JD Vance was right, the UK now operates within a full on dystopian apparatus:
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