Neverender
December 22nd, 2008, 03:24 AM
LONDON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A bagpipe player says he was arrested for refusing to stop playing on the main street of Bridport, England.
Bagpiper Shaun Cartwright, 38, said while police approached him about complaints regarding his musical offerings recently, he refused to simply pack up his bagpipes and leave, The Mail on Sunday reported.
"They asked me to move on but I wanted to finish my hour of playing and put the blow stick to my mouth and that was it," Cartwright said. "I was handcuffed, put in the back of a police car and taken to the station."
Cartwright was released an hour later.
"People are prejudiced against the bagpipes," he told the British newspaper. "People may not like the sound of them but that doesn't give them the right to get the police to come along and hassle you."
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/12/21/Man_cuffed_for_playing_bagpipes_in_public/UPI-14501229884817/
Bagpiper Shaun Cartwright, 38, said while police approached him about complaints regarding his musical offerings recently, he refused to simply pack up his bagpipes and leave, The Mail on Sunday reported.
"They asked me to move on but I wanted to finish my hour of playing and put the blow stick to my mouth and that was it," Cartwright said. "I was handcuffed, put in the back of a police car and taken to the station."
Cartwright was released an hour later.
"People are prejudiced against the bagpipes," he told the British newspaper. "People may not like the sound of them but that doesn't give them the right to get the police to come along and hassle you."
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/12/21/Man_cuffed_for_playing_bagpipes_in_public/UPI-14501229884817/