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[–] [email protected] 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/

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (4 children)

bread is bad for birdy tho

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

not the worst jail food

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Okay well... Filibuster

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] luciferofastora 3 points 1 month ago

Bird Law is second only to Tree Law in severity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How often is "once in a while"?

(Asking for a friend.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A pretty clearly staged this for a laugh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why can't our police be like this?

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Because guns!