Why do the ball caps on these armed British police look so oddly menacing? Is it because in the movies the cops with ball caps tend to be the bad-ass sniper guys? But that’s not a sniper rifle, so I don’t know.

Still, now I may have to check out a “McFlurry” sometime soon.

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By: tonypreece

Who added:

After today’s events in Leeds, and especially following two houses being raided just a couple of hundred yards from my home in Holbeck, I decided a night out was in order.

So I met my mate Mel on Leeds station, thought the extra police was a good thing, then I turned a corner to see a couple of cops carrying semi-automatic machine guns.

Not what you’re used to seeing when you live in the UK.

Later, I caught these two in Mcdonalds and couldn’t help taking this pic, a cop with a gun and drinking a coke through a straw, the other eating a Mcflurry ice cream..

Somehow it all seemed surreal, although he didn’t want his picture taken he didn’t mind me taking this shot when I explained how surreal it looked!

for blog entry see here.

Image title: Semi Automatic & Fries
Originally uploaded: 12 Jul ’05, 11.20pm PST