Mounted police officers have been labelled “a joke” after three surrounded a homeless man on a bench and in an attempt to remove him from the busy high street.
The situation attracted a large crowd of onlookers of about 20 shoppers watching on in Briggate. The three mounted West Yorkshire Police officers surrounded the bench infront of the EE shop at about 12.30pm on February 8.
After the officers’ efforts appeared unsuccessful, one onlooker theatrically began clapping his hands in fake applause. The man called after them: “What a joke! You’ve been here half an hour trying to remove a homeless man away from a bench and you can’t even do that.”
