UPDATE: Strathclyde Police have responded to all this and their version of events is quite different. So much so, in fact, that they dispute every aspect of what’s related here.
Hark at this terrorist threat! The photograph above was taken by Chris White at Braehead shopping centre near Glasgow last Friday. It may look an innocent family snap to you because, well, that’s what it is and that’s his daughter in the picture. But that reckons without the blessed vigilance of the staff at this retail-hellhole who, wisely, considered Mr White a threat and duly called in Strathclyde police. The police duly hassled Mr White, reminding him that they were empowered to do so thanks to the provisions of anti-terrorism legislation. Cue much outrage on Facebook and amongst sensible people everywhere. This was not, alas, an uncommon
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