what the heck, the british be arresting everyone with knives except the actual criminals

The police work with Gannon

it is a crime to have: anything (especially a pulse)

The "fine" he was forced to pay wasnt actually a fine from the government, it was a victim surcharge. This was given to him by the officer who arrested him as he was the "victim". Its a completely bogus arrest and all of the money he was forced to pay just went straight into the officers pocket.

Ganon needs to hire these police guys, "Oi bruv you've got a loicense for that Bane Of Evil?"

It's the UK, the same place that arrested an autistic girl because she said to one of the police officers "you look like my lesbian nan" or something like that. It's the place that gave like 10 years prison to some guys pirating a movie or a boxing match or something, whilst giving actual pdf-files like 6 months.

I live in the UK and I know people who have been arrested (and done time for) just for having a knife in their car, the amount of knife crime in this country has led to a bunch of laws which are far too tight and don't really help anyone

When Ganondorf rises within these next four months we all know who to blame for having locked up Link

Wtf is wrong with the UK justice system. Some dude repeatedly just walked into random people's homes and he barely got a slap in the wrist and this dude got sent to 4 months in jail for carrying a letter opener...

This gives me the feel of: “Did Nintendo just give bribes to get that man in jail?!”

I know the company that makes the swords, it can't cut anything, the edge is rounded

So that's the reason in the next game you'll play as Zelda

All they literally had to do was warn him that fidgeting with a knife in public could easily be perceived the wrong way - posing a public safety risk, and if he did it a second time, then fine him. Instead, they arrested him, confiscated an item he bought legally, and then tried to throw him in jail for at least 6 months - i know the article said four, but the fact the man recieved four months might have been the result of his lawyer, which just goes to show how much of a prison the UK is becoming. Edit: You can literally walk into a Tesco shop and buy a more lethal knife

Ganon owns the UK? Damn...

The guy who owned Link's sword can't achieve the peace that all true warriors strived for.

My man was probably keeping it on him for self defense considering the average British person's choice of weapon

In America, we have the right to bear weeb weapons.

people bring up how he has a criminal history but that history is burglary. It would be 1 thing if he had a previous knife crime history and they saw this but his previous history is totally un related. Really feels like the cops that knew him kept tabs on him just waiting for him to make the smallest mistake so they could justify bothering him.

If I remember correctly, the UK knife laws are stupid strict on "edged" weapon and a 0 tolerance approach that end up with situations like this. Much like how most US states have laws saying pocket knives must have a blade less than 3" and the laws covering blades over 3" get really convoluted over the requirements for legal carry.

Oh, it's like that SpongeBob episode where SpongeBob and Patrick wore Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy outfits to arrest civilians for absolutely no reason. (After they won the Shuffle Boarding tournament)

Avrage brittish crime And yes im fron the uk

*The Master (butter) Knife*

I hope this man can sue the police for that. How the hell did this charge even make it into court? It’s completely obvious that these charges were falsified. The police SERIOUSLY think that souvenir can actually kill let alone hurt anyone? Is the UK actually this corrupt?

Kinda makes me worried to take anything into my damn garden now. Might get arrested for having a wood chopping axe or something

UK police when women and kids get stabbed with little consequence: *I sleep* UK police when someone says something offensive or holds a fake replica sword from a video game he likes while alone: *AVENGERS LEVEL THREAT* (Albeit admittedly probably not a smart idea to walk around with a sword in public)

"Oi, you got a loicense fer that magical swooord?"

"No officers, this is my smart sword™! It won't hurt anyone friendly!"

thank goodness this dangerous man is off the streets *store theft alarms in the background*

"Ah yes time to ignore real criminals some more and arrest this dude instead"

Same country that censored the hell out of Ninja Turtles for having nunchucks. Doesn’t surprise me.

Bro got arrested for a Zelda themed butter knife

Dawg, the British be workin’ with the Yiga Clan😭🙏

UK law makes it illegal to even OWN a over 3 inch knife. For god sake it’s turning into a dystopia

0:18 is that a-train?

Keep in mind all of the “SA” gangs the police could be going after instead…

OI! DO YOU HAV A LOISCENCE FOR THAT SWOHD?

I literally just read the article for this😂. You also forgot to mention that he kept saying ganondorf was back. Which was a major part of the story

British people aren't allowed to criticize America for anything again. In fact it's probably illegal in the UK anyways.

Next day they arrest a guy for playing with a toothpick

this reminds me of something that happened to me a few years back, this is going to be a pretty long story but might as well share considering the similar context when i was in high school i had a legend of zelda hylian shield necklace with a master sword letter opener that came out and just for wearing it to school once in tenth grade cause a friend wanted to see it, some random teachers pet girl who was widely despised tattled on me and i got taken out of the class in handcuffs by a school resource officer to his office where one of the assistant principals who was a hag of a woman was waiting and they said they were going to expel me, asked to show her that its practically harmless and while they were digging through my backpack cause obviously having a legend of zelda necklace clearly means i was going to start opening fire on people with the bow of light i must have stowed away somewhere, i took that opportunity to take it out and said 'watch this' before running it across my thumb in a sawing motion and then poking the tip into my skin, neither of which drew blood cause it is a freaking letter opener, and said if theyre going to try and charge me with 'bringing a weapon to school' then they better be charging everyone who ever brought a pen or pencil into the school as well cause it is no more dangerous than one of those was literally forced to be institutionalized in a mental ward with a bunch of kids who were suicidal and had murdered their parents and whatnot for a week before they would allow me return to school, and when to no ones surprise except i guess the fossils in charge of that school it was decided there was absolutely no reason i should have been sent there, only then did they stop trying to ruin my life for no reason and just pretended like nothing happened afterwards, and then as a nice cherry on top i was only back for like two days before having to take another week and a half off school due to developing really severe pneumonia that nearly killed me and had me coughing up phlegm for like four years afterwards, almost certainly from that hellhole of a hospital i was imprisoned in, even better is that i was in an international baccalaureate magnet program too so it took like two whole months to catch up with everyone else after all that for context this occurred in central east coast united states back in 2018 about a week after that one particular valentines day incident that was national news at the time and probably why the people running my school were being such paranoid lunatics, probably going to be the single most terrible and moronic thing that ive ever been forced to endure for the rest of my life, or at the very least i hope so but im also clearly very unlucky and have been all my life so dunno, anyways yeah thanks for reading

Yes, apparently most countries have knife lenth laws that make them illegal for certain lenth and certain knives like a balista knife for example however in texas they have open sword carry which is odd but its Texas. Chances are they saw the knife and assume he was up to no good despite the reference.

I own one of these and i can tell you that this thing is about as sharp as a ice cream stick

when i saw the thumbnail i though "is nintendo now sueing people for making fanmade items from nintendo games"

I mean... 6 inches is MASSIVE.

Overeaching like this risks causing someone to not cooperate with law enforcement and given the opourtunity cause some form of sabotage in retaliation later.

Tiny...? THAT THING'S MASSIVE

A little info is missing: the guy was a repeat offender, with a long rap sheet and numerous prison sentences, several of which were for burglary including serial burglary. The guy was in prison for 4 years and known by the police since the 90s.

I’ve seen ads for these and they literally sell it as a fidget toy, keychain

I was waiting for you to cover this

Judgeing by the dude's mugshoot even he's confused by the whole situation.

I have a full sized version from RavenForge which is legal to own not to carry in the streets, this people isn't a sword or a knife, its a letter opener.

they arrested a guy for carrying the bane of evil this is beyond parody 😭

“Ganon is a fed” -some cartoon idk

wow

"I just wonder what ganon's up to?" Getting a man arrested that's what.

The uk is just like hitman, the police will open fire if they see you holding a kitchen knife.

At first I was like: well deserved punishment Until I saw this thing is smaller than any knife I ever saw

Someone needed to convince their boss that they are indeed useful at their job...

The UK gives lighter sentences to way worse crimes than this guy carrying a tiny master sword.

someone gotta snitched on him

So basically an officer robbing and arresting him for literally nothing

The crime of having an ornamental sword equates to the crime of having nunchaku and sansetsukon in that nation now?

Adam ruins everything comin in with some accidental foreshadowing☠️

the legend of orwell

A warning would’ve been more than enough

this stupidity is insane

ganon is in kahoots with the police

God forbid he open a letter

He clearly didn’t have his Knife license then.

this is like a box cutter if anything

Meanwhile they make fun of us for owning guns legally😂

The man has a LONG criminal record of violent crime and burglary. The knife was sharpened (Likely by the man himself) and was only caught because he was VERY well-known by the police. Additionally, he WAS caught and told not to bring it around, and was arrested and charged when he went out with the same knife a second time. There's an article by Forbes which tells the full story that I can't link here since I'm pretty sure links in KZfaq comments are a no-no. (I think it's worth saying I do NOT support most actions of the police. There are some seriously fucked up laws that put people in MORE danger than they prevent, and numerous high-profile cases of power abuse. ACAB, but the full story here wasn't told. This guy is not innocent, and reportedly not even a Zelda fan.

He didn't have a fidgeting license, that's why he got arrested

Didn’t this guy have a history of burglaries?

shortest spantz vid (real)

You have to remember it’s the UK they got experience with stabbing implements

If you ever wonder why half of all dystopian fiction takes place in some version of Britain, this is why.

THIS TINY THING WILL NOT GET US ARRESTED YOU WILL HET US ARRESTED THIS TINY THING WILL GET US SAVED

(Laughs in American)

If this took place in London, it would be like taking a musket pistol into gang territory, where the gangs have machine guns and pistols

They're shutting down the annual knife fights?!

"oi, you got a loicence for that breerhin ya do?"

I would call it a “Swife” or “Knord”

Adam Ruins Everything even referenced these replica swords in the TSA episode.

One of my mates in secondary school nearly got kicked out for having a katana keychain on his backpack because it was a “weapon”

6 inches? That’s extremely small, you could poke someone with that and they wouldn’t notice

Police taking matters on things that shouldn't be matters to begin with

New zelda game looks wild

YU GOT A LOICENSE FER STABBING MATE?

forgot to carry his paper cutter loicense

Canada (where I live) and the UK have such crazy laws. Not only this, but if I dare to defend myself in my home from an intruder I could get arrested

Literally false freedom without use double edged for violence action made against innocent

British shanking epidemic be like.

What spatnz didn't tell you ist that the guy had already been previously arrested on numerous charges, including burglary. If you already had a few rodeo's with the law, your punishment for consecutive offenses will increase, even if it normally would've been pretty small A normal person would've probably just gotten a slap on the wrist.

I am going to have to assign the british legal system a dentist so i can begin to understand what malarky i just heard

I'm gonna buy one and wear it like a pendant.

HI

It isn’t small, it’s average sized and I bet it was a great personality too

I mean even if it is dull and clearly not a weapon a knife is a knife, in the UK knife crime is a very big problem (some got stabbed near me like two days ago) and we take it very seriously. Its still stupid but he should not be carrying anything that could be seen as a weapon in public

You can buy Raiden's sword from Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Like, a full size sharp katana, 100% game accurate