Steven Peers
Steven Peers, dressed up in a pig mask, toy bobby’s helmet and hi-vis jacket was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a police officer. was detained in Manchester city centre while wearing the outfit to perform ‘comic sketches’
Steven Peers said he has often donned the mock outfit to perform ‘comical parodies’ of Greater Manchester Police after becoming unhappy with how officers behaved during the Barton Moss anti-fracking protests. Mr Peers, an electrical engineer, said he began performing skits using his comic character ‘Officer 666’ to highlight the ‘violence, corruption and bad behaviour’ which he believes has been carried out by GMP. (Read more)
He wore it around Manchester city centre while filming sketches yesterday but was stopped by an officer near Bootle Street police station.
Watch the video above and you decide. Could this character be mistaken for a police officer? The police in Manchester apparently think that he could.