Poke Staff. Updated July 21st, 2022
The good people of Bedfordshire police went unintentionally viral after it asked people whether they recognised his person involved in an alleged assault in Luton.
Now it goes without saying that the assault is obviously no laughing matter but this particular appeal (and the pictures attached), well, have a look for yourself.
Do you recognise this man? We believe he may be able to help us with our enquiries about an assault in Icknield Way, Luton, on 3 July.
We understand these pictures are low resolution. However, any info, please call 101 or visit https://t.co/0N3s8pVFkp quoting 40/38241/22 pic.twitter.com/8TmBjRJSJh— Bedfordshire Police (@bedspolice) July 18, 2022
And if you’re thinking that people didn’t take it entirely seriously, you’d be absolutely right.
Here’s a flavour of the responses they ended up with.
1.
Come on how can no one recognise this man 🙄 pic.twitter.com/e3dps7IsNK
— KRF (@KRF_1998) July 18, 2022
2.
Does this help? It should…. Someone out there will recognise this man. Like and share, let’s get him caught #bedspolice pic.twitter.com/WLICwuQYgi
— 🦁gAzz🦁 (@5TOCK5) July 19, 2022
3.
Any reward money? I got the bastard pic.twitter.com/lZzUXleD71
— Jamie Range (@rangie8) July 18, 2022
4.
this is from a distance of over 1b light years. You post an image from about 50 yards looking like that? pic.twitter.com/qDxCFBcjyp
— Dave Maxwell 💙💛 (@maxwell_dave) July 18, 2022
5.
Know I recognised him from somewhere pic.twitter.com/nUxgviAKfU
— Lou (@LouisSawaf) July 18, 2022
6.
How comes when your looking for someone it looks like graphics from the Nintendo Gameboy.. but as as soon your wheel touches a yellow box for 20 secs – the camera has 56 zoom options in 4K
— Sam (@Sam6WHU) July 18, 2022
7.
I think I’ve found your man pic.twitter.com/CSZXsMqSgC
— Manxpie (@manxpie86) July 18, 2022
8.
— Jack (@jackjamessmith) July 18, 2022
9.
Jesus christ, i don’t think he’d recognise himself in that still. Was that taken with a kaleidoscope?
— Lee Warren (@LeeWozza85) July 18, 2022
10.
Here’s a zoomed in photo of their face pic.twitter.com/dXOSlskF7O
— Paddy (@OddsOnFPL) July 18, 2022
11.
Hard to tell from the pic but it’s either Warwick Davies or LeBron James.
— Thomas Wynne Lewis 🏴 (@TomiCaws) July 18, 2022
12.
Here’s another angle. pic.twitter.com/JgBdT17fLi
— LM (@LFM_1983) July 18, 2022
13.
Think I’ve got your guy, officer pic.twitter.com/8KkGrOXwWi
— Calgie (@christiancalgie) July 18, 2022
14.
You have got to be taking the piss 🤣🤣🤣
That could be my dad and I wouldn’t recognise him from that.
Seen better images off a Nokia 3310 submerged in piss for 30yrs
— Bielsa’s Cheese Wedge Ultras (@Allcheese1) July 18, 2022
15.
@bedspolice I think it’s this guy’s dad and he’s using reverse psychology to throw you off the scent 🧐
— James H (@mondestereo) July 18, 2022
And it got just that little bit better when the coppers joined in.
UPDATE…
We would like to thank you all for your support in identifying the man in the CCTV images we shared.We have followed a number of leads and can confirm that neither Deadpool nor Iron Man were in the Luton area at the time of the incident.
— Bedfordshire Police (@bedspolice) July 19, 2022
However, through our lines of enquiries concerning Iron Man’s whereabouts, J.A.R.V.I.S was able to support us in finding slightly more viable CCTV images of a second man that may be able to support our investigation. pic.twitter.com/2AMpRXsnW4
— Bedfordshire Police (@bedspolice) July 19, 2022
While we do appreciate a good sense of humour, we must stress that someone was seriously harmed in an incident that these men may have information about.
While we endeavour to share high resolution images, these are not always available to us at the time of posting.
— Bedfordshire Police (@bedspolice) July 19, 2022
To conclude …
We can see pictures of galaxies millions of light years away clearer than this https://t.co/9vsDevPUUk
— kira 👾 (@kirawontmiss) July 19, 2022
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Source Twitter @bedspolice