Especially in New York. Mark Moody was sitting on his window sill having a cigarette, when a police car screamed to a stop, and two officers jumped out, shouting don’t do it, don’t do it ( or words to that effect !) .
Slightly bemused, Moody explained that he was simply having a fag, which was pretty obvious, anyway.
Next thing, another cop had burst through his front door, grabbed him, threw him to the floor, handcuffed him then wheeled him outside where he was taken to the psychiatric ward of his local hospital.
After the quickest psych exam in history, about three and a half minutes, he was released with lots of mumblings about sorry.
He’s currently suing the cops and city for $400,000 – would have thought he could get much more than that, maybe he’s in a mellow mood !