Now, personally, I’d have been happier driving an armored personnel carrier in through the front door. But… — Ben Aaronovitch
Now, personally, I’d have been happier driving an armored personnel carrier in through the front door. But since we’re the Met, and not the police department of a small town in Missouri, we didn’t have one.
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