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Coming through #Dartford station this evening (7pm) I witnessed a young boy of colour being held face down to the ground by multiple railway enforcement officers and an undercover police officer. He was shouting, clearly distressed, and appeared to be crying.
I was told by a member of #Dartford station staff "not to worry," the boy had "assaulted a member of staff" I was encouraged to leave, told the police were on their way. A member of station staff jokingly laughed to another that the boy "apparently already has 9 arrest warrants!"
No member of staff, railway enforcement or police officer appeared concerned by the boy's extreme distress. As I continued to watch, they eventually removed their excessive restraint, let the boy sit up from his stomach and allowed him to sit up. 5 officers surrounded him.
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Many are fooled by fool's gold!
Explorer Martin Frobisher, while seeking the Northwest Passage, opened the first mine in #Canada run by Europeans. He shipped 1350 tons of ore to #England in 1577-78. Sadly, it was #foolsgold, not real #gold.
#AprilFools
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS Image
Frobisher's worthless rocks ended up being used as building stone in #Dartford, the English town where the unsuccessful attempts to extract gold from them took place. Hundreds were used in a wall at the Dartford manor of Henry VIII.
#AprilFools
#nspoli #NovaScotia #NS Image
Fool's gold (pyrite) gets a bad rap. It helps make iron sulfate which is used in nutrition supplements, ink, lawn conditioner and water treatments. Iron sulfate is also used to treat iron-deficiency anemia.
Not as valuable as gold but still useful!
#NS pyrite is in pic.
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