That was The Times commentator India Knight's summary of an incident that wound up with 16-year-old Anop Singh actually being dropped into a pavement litter bin. A police officer is suspended, a complaint likely and an investigation pending.
Was there a media outcry, deploring a demeaning and potentially dangerous assault on a teenager by an adult? Don't be silly. The Daily Telegraph began its piece saying there had been "a predictable outburst of censorious pomposity" at the news. There may have been. But there wasn't much evidence in press or television.
The BBC interviewed some random people passing in the park. They mostly thought it was good humoured and appropriate binning. India Knight felt confident that she wasn't the only person to raise her hat to the policeman in question. "Shame that there wasn't a skip nearby, really - he could have rounded them all up and shoved them in."
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