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| Vigilante Tube passengers face arrest over 'assault' of naked man on the Tube after they took law into their hands when he dropped his trousers on packed carriage |
| 2025-08-11 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Commuters who took the law into their own hands when a Tube passenger dropped his trousers in a packed London Underground carriage could face arrest, the Daily Mail can reveal today. British Transport Police (BTP) believe the naked man, who has since been detained under the mental health act, was assaulted on the District line in east London. Up to four men stepped in when he repeatedly refused to pull up his pants at 3.30pm last Thursday. He was pinned to the floor and carried off the train before being arrested by an off duty police officer. But detectives are probing whether the vigilantes committed any criminal offences in the confrontation after he refused to pull up his pants. BTP has appealed for witnesses to the incident but there have been no arrests over the brawl. 'The man had been assaulted by a number of other passengers and was initially arrested by an off duty officer, before being detained under the mental health act and taken to hospital,' the BTP statement said. 'An investigation into the incident is ongoing.' The Daily Mail revealed how he began yelling after the eastbound train travelled between Upton Park and East Ham. He then dropped his trousers and put his belt around his neck. His bottom and genitals were on show, sparking anger and revulsion around him on the train, which was busy with children who are on their summer holidays. A passenger stood up and quickly confronted him, gesticulating angrily. He politely and firmly told him: 'You need to get off the train.' But the man began repeatedly yelling back: 'F*** off.' The commuter said in response: 'What do you mean "f*** off"? You need to get off the f***ing train. Now. There are kids on here.' Footage of the incident showed up to four men kicking and punching the naked man, who was hitting them with his belt. The video then cut to him being pinned to the floor of the carriage. The man was then unceremoniously carried on to the Tube platform at East Ham and dumped to the floor. He was then pinned down as the commuters tried to alert staff. It appears an off duty police officer was on the train and performed an arrest and he was taken to hospital. It is yet another horrifying incident on the Tube, which is run by Sir Sadiq Khan's Transport for London (TfL). Since he became Mayor in 2016, Tube crime rates have more than doubled, and today he has been accused of ignoring a manifesto pledge to maintain a 24-hour police front counter in every borough in the capital. Just last month a brawl broke out on the steps of a packed station - with a screaming toddler ending up on the floor in the chaos. On Thursday a group of men surrounded the man who exposed himself and repeatedly ordered him to 'pull your f***ing trousers up'. A scuffle then broke out. The naked man was showing trying hit them with his belt and the group was punching and kicking him. The men snatched away his belt and pinned him to the floor of the carriage while putting his arm behind his back, still with his trousers around his ankles. Passengers then yelled: 'We've got to get him off.' He was then removed and arrested. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 /\ Well that shouldn't stop one from being able to break fingers, then wrists, then arms, then whatever needs breaking in order to make one's point should it? |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2025-08-11 22:58 |
| #5 The government is on a speed decline to any legitimacy. Unfortunately the citizen allowed themselves to be disarmed. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-08-11 17:02 |
| #4 Passengers then yelled: 'We've got to get him off.' Phrasing! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-08-11 16:30 |
| #3 So many things I have never been exposed to, Skidmark. The British authorities are a few brain cells short of a brain |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-08-11 15:46 |
| #2 See, TW. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-11 13:51 |
| #1 "Lynch Law is better than no law."? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-08-11 13:38 |