Task number: 60.
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| The Usual Suspects (1995) |
Take part in a Police lineup.
Date: 1st April 1997.
Location: Hastings Police station, Hastings, East Sussex,
UK.
Attendees: The suspect & 8 other young students
desperate for a quick buck!
One of the stranger tasks in
this book, although it is with a wry smile that I can say that I actually did
take part in this more than Once, many moons ago.
Whenever it comes up in
conversation, people ask how did you end up doing that. Well, the answer is
purely by chance. I was at college at the time, sitting with my friends in the
canteen, when a Policeman approached me. Before he even opened his mouth, I started
to wrack my brains. What had I done in the 6 months? I’d never been in trouble
with the law before, but I think it probably is the first reaction of any 16-year-old
boy in Hastings when a copper is stood in front of them. “How tall are you?” He
asked. I stood up. “Age?”. Where was
this going? He surely wasn’t going to bang me up for being average height?
“Would you mind taking part in a Police identity parade?” he said, his hands
clearly in close proximity to his truncheon, on the off chance I might say no.
Of course I said yes & it ended up becoming a regular source of income for
me. Every couple of weeks I would pop up to the cop shop after college &
stand in front of a mirror, whilst a witness would scour through on the other
side.
I know what you’re thinking, so
I’ll answer the questions that everyone asks me when I explain the story of
“how I ended up doing that”. Yes, you wear your regular clothes. No, you don’t
hold a board with a number on it up in front of you. Yes, you get top see the
suspect. No, you don’t get to find out whether the witness identified the
suspect or not, so no, I don’t know if they picked me out.
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