The police are not above the law
If there's one thing that really irritates me, it's the policemen and women in area patrol cars that think they are above the law. This seems to be the case all too frequently these days. Practically every week without fail, I see them pulling out of side roads into the path of some unfortunate and occasionally even in front of my car. No blue flashing lights and no apology!
I watched this happen to a middle aged man who proceeded wave his displeasure at the offending police car. Subsequently, the police car allowed him in front and flashed him to pull over. He was given a producer, despite having his license and insurance documentation in hand. They vigorously checked every detail of his car for faults and when his nearside fog light (in the bumper) didnt work (on a bright sunny day!), they informed him that he was in a dangerous car was required to have it fixed immediately. He complained at the station, but was given a lot of useless drivel - I know this, because it was my father! As it happens Im a mechanic so informed the police officers that the defective light wasnt a major problem and it would be fixed, at which point I was told to mind my own business and get back into the car before I was arrested for some law that Id never heard of before!
Recently I was driving along a winding road and met a police area car traveling on my side of the road at speed. It was on blind corner of a right-hand bend and he forced me to take evasive action by swerving into a lane. This resulted in me hitting the curb and the impact caused the wishbone on my car to snap rendering it unmovable. The police had slowed to crawl and after being told that I was in the wrong, they cautioned me for dangerous driving. My passenger who was witness to the whole thing agreed with me completely and yet her evidence to the case was discredited because she was wearing sunglasses!
One or two of my friends have had accidents with police cars and been blamed for them too despite being innocent. My point is that I cant stand being penalized by people with a god like attitude, causing accidents and getting away with it because of the uniform. It's just not on!
By: Annoyed
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"Two police officers who twisted the arms of a man in custody, in order to convince him to answer their questions have been spared a jail sentence. "
I should think so too! Common assault never results in a custodial sentence for anyone so why should this be different.
I wouldn't mind betting that David Healer is a pillar of the local community that was doing nothing wrong and was falsely arrested. I imagine he was also 100% compliant with instructions in the custody suite too! I wouldn't mind betting these two Lowlife scumbags were getting bored of giving each other chinese burns and just decided to pick on a totally innocent pedestrian (probably on his way home from the church where he had been working voluntarily to help the local blind limbless community with their struggle against a variety of different life threatening illnesses) for a bit of recreation.
On second thoughts lets hang hem both and dispand the entire police force. That'll teach them.
I should think so too! Common assault never results in a custodial sentence for anyone so why should this be different.
I wouldn't mind betting that David Healer is a pillar of the local community that was doing nothing wrong and was falsely arrested. I imagine he was also 100% compliant with instructions in the custody suite too! I wouldn't mind betting these two Lowlife scumbags were getting bored of giving each other chinese burns and just decided to pick on a totally innocent pedestrian (probably on his way home from the church where he had been working voluntarily to help the local blind limbless community with their struggle against a variety of different life threatening illnesses) for a bit of recreation.
On second thoughts lets hang hem both and dispand the entire police force. That'll teach them.
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Two police officers who twisted the arms of a man in custody, in order to convince him to answer their questions have been spared a jail sentence.
Sergeant Stephen Harvey and civilian detention officer Michael Mount assaulted David Healer after arresting him in County Durham in March last year.
Harvey, 50, and Mount, 61, who were both convicted of two counts of common assault at a trial at Teesside Magistrates’ Court, were today ordered to pay Healer a mere £100 in
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Two police officers who twisted the arms of a man in custody, in order to convince him to answer their questions have been spared a jail sentence.
Sergeant Stephen Harvey and civilian detention officer Michael Mount assaulted David Healer after arresting him in County Durham in March last year.
Harvey, 50, and Mount, 61, who were both convicted of two counts of common assault at a trial at Teesside Magistrates’ Court, were today ordered to pay Healer a mere £100 in
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Guys - the police are corrupt ! And we all know it , Latest headline a PCSO was in court for molesting children ????
They are a bunch of criminals in uniform & it should be a must for cameras !
WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE MARK DUGGAN CASE TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC !
They are a bunch of criminals in uniform & it should be a must for cameras !
WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE MARK DUGGAN CASE TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC !
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I have a tape by certain Jethro he is also a comedian. The police force is not unique there are many jobs that carry with them responsibility for the public good. However I maintain it attracts a certain type of person for all the wrong reasons, I have admitted in past posts to there being good policemen/women but I believe they are a small minority who are bullied into passiveness by the others.
(PS It is dangerous to assume)
(PS It is dangerous to assume)
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Boblet, By reading back through most of your posts on this subject, I can only guess that the police have wronged you in some way in the past for your dislike or even hatred of them. But do you not think that "tarring them all with the same brush" is a little unreasonable. As I have said in my past comments, there are bad policemen of that there is no doubt, but the good ones far out way this element. Perhaps, and this is only a suggestion, you should apply to become a community officer and see first hand the problems possed to the police, then you could call yourself "Boblet the Bobby".
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You mentioned James Alan not me Jethro. It is my opinion based on experience that the police are useless in preventing or investigating crime, due to an endemic lack of interest. Police general laziness & in particular collecting evidence etc allow some lawyers to appear smart in court. The police act on intelligence only, the words of a chief constable not mine. After every major crime they are in evidence on the telly their H V fat rrses lining the street. My question to you is. Where were they before the crime?
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Boblet, Unfortunately the police cannot predict future crime, only try to prevent it. secondly, it has not been proven that James Allen commited these two murders for which he is being hunted. The police, to a large extent catch the criminals, but too often smart ass lawyers (on huge amounts of public money) and the courts let them back onto the streets, and we all know too well what has happened in the past. The good police of this country are dammed if they do, and dammed if they don't.
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What did the police do for those people who's face he got in? Jethro.
"Secondly, and more importantly" that sort of silly statement is that? Freddie.
As for the Joker read my posts.
"Secondly, and more importantly" that sort of silly statement is that? Freddie.
As for the Joker read my posts.
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Yesi, I was wondering, if someone like James Allen got in your face would you call "the pigs" as you call them, to save your ass?
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I'm all in favour of body cameras for the police.
On one hand it will catch the occasional corrupt copper and that can only be a good thing.
Secondly, and more importantly, it will catch the actions of the offenders as well. Let's see their very clever lawyers concoct a sad tale of woe and misunderstanding once presented the video evidence of their client behaving like an *hole.
I'm supremely confident that this will catch 100 times as many scumbags as it would coppers so bring it on!
On one hand it will catch the occasional corrupt copper and that can only be a good thing.
Secondly, and more importantly, it will catch the actions of the offenders as well. Let's see their very clever lawyers concoct a sad tale of woe and misunderstanding once presented the video evidence of their client behaving like an *hole.
I'm supremely confident that this will catch 100 times as many scumbags as it would coppers so bring it on!
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Finally the truth about the Mark Duggan shooting !
The police officer in white seen on the phone footage looks to be planting something at the scene - another police fit up !!!!!
Justice for Mark !!!
And the pigs ---- prison time ........Mrs May should now issue body cameras as standard .
Hogan hoe is on his way out hopefully - I hear his early mornining raids cost him more complaints then any crimes being committed / FTW .
The police officer in white seen on the phone footage looks to be planting something at the scene - another police fit up !!!!!
Justice for Mark !!!
And the pigs ---- prison time ........Mrs May should now issue body cameras as standard .
Hogan hoe is on his way out hopefully - I hear his early mornining raids cost him more complaints then any crimes being committed / FTW .
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Boblet you pr4t - they are a bunch of criminals in uniform & lies have short legs!
More & more people are suing the crap out of what is a criminal gang .
Sorry but myself & others have no faith - issue body cameras and watch them clean up their act !
More & more people are suing the crap out of what is a criminal gang .
Sorry but myself & others have no faith - issue body cameras and watch them clean up their act !
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Boblet the joke - 24-Apr-12 01:35
T.R.O.D. What a can of worms, Mr Alams Asian sense of smell for cash, leads him to our jumbo sized compo trough. Mr Alam gets thwarted in his greedy foraging, by his bent police colleagues, whom I might add he has worked with for years. At the end of the day, his bent colleagues do not lose a sausage. He wins thousands, then throws a sickie. The final bill plus sick pay is picked up by Mr & Mrs English. Ahhh what a wonderful land of milk & honey I am surviving in.
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The court heard the former traffic officer was ‘stitched up’ by fellow officers as a result of launching race discrimination proceedings in 1993.
He served half his 18-month sentence for handling stolen goods in jail but four officers allegedly involved in the prosecution were acquitted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and other offences in 2003.
Mr Alam was cleared by the Court of Appeal in 2007 and reinstated to the force but retired in 2009 on health grounds.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/896330-ex-officer-sultan-alam-wins-800-000-for-jail-stitch-up#ixzz1sFG9QgzS
He served half his 18-month sentence for handling stolen goods in jail but four officers allegedly involved in the prosecution were acquitted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and other offences in 2003.
Mr Alam was cleared by the Court of Appeal in 2007 and reinstated to the force but retired in 2009 on health grounds.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/896330-ex-officer-sultan-alam-wins-800-000-for-jail-stitch-up#ixzz1sFG9QgzS
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The road of dishonesty - 16-Apr-12 23:30
I was working in a back yard building a deck, there were 8 large cannibis plants 7 ft tall in the garden bed, a barbicue was held that week end , I knew of six police attending, they never said anything about the plants, I wonder why.
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athair_siochain - 9-Apr-12 10:40
D. British waters are muddy. The police are disliked & mistrusted by lots of people. Lots of people although not necessarily the same ones, are also racist. I know that there are good & honest policemen & women but it is my opinion that the bad & dishonest ones dwarf them, It is the same with immigrants there must be good ones, but in my opinion the arrogant & corrupt ones out weigh them. It is this imbalance that I would like the politicians of any party to address on behalf of Mr & Mrs English.
Then George Galloway a Jock politician wins a seat in Bradistan & with respect the waters get even muddier.
Then George Galloway a Jock politician wins a seat in Bradistan & with respect the waters get even muddier.
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Dixon , people are just fed up of their corrupt practises .
From cash for stories to malicious prosecutions based no crap evidence !
More public monitoring & number 10 should put out a serious warning to them about their behaviour .
No wonder people are p11sed with them - Mark Duggan ? Still no answers ?
I welcome police cuts ...bring them on hard and fast !
From cash for stories to malicious prosecutions based no crap evidence !
More public monitoring & number 10 should put out a serious warning to them about their behaviour .
No wonder people are p11sed with them - Mark Duggan ? Still no answers ?
I welcome police cuts ...bring them on hard and fast !
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Tooooooo tufffff - 7-Apr-12 11:46
Hi all, So the problem is enormous. Racism from top to bottom, and by the way you discribe it not only in the police forces of this country but higher up, which has been going on for a long time. This problem will never change untill both, and I emphasis both parties are willing to change. You will never be able to force mixed cultures and races to see eye to eye without tensions and hatreds, only respect and understanding for one another will bring about a peacefull society.
This in my opinion will not happen in the UK at the moment because too many people are being crowded together, and when you crowd people cheek and jowl trouble ensues. This country is a ticking bomb and the economic downturn has only made it a lot worse. I can see there will be a great many people disagreeing with my post, but this is the way I see it and I'm sorry if it upsets you.
This in my opinion will not happen in the UK at the moment because too many people are being crowded together, and when you crowd people cheek and jowl trouble ensues. This country is a ticking bomb and the economic downturn has only made it a lot worse. I can see there will be a great many people disagreeing with my post, but this is the way I see it and I'm sorry if it upsets you.
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Dixon ,
The police force in the UK is very corrupt - lots of cash and jewels get stolen at police raids ,complaints get made but we all know they are just a big gang in uniform !
The cuts are not gonna effect everyone - some officers stash cash in Malta I hear !
You only need to google the police raids at the safe deposit boxes in London - ££££££££ of valuables are missing & solicitors have instructed !
Body cameras would be a start & more public to get involved when they behave in a malicious way .
The police force in the UK is very corrupt - lots of cash and jewels get stolen at police raids ,complaints get made but we all know they are just a big gang in uniform !
The cuts are not gonna effect everyone - some officers stash cash in Malta I hear !
You only need to google the police raids at the safe deposit boxes in London - ££££££££ of valuables are missing & solicitors have instructed !
Body cameras would be a start & more public to get involved when they behave in a malicious way .
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Hello Dixon
they promised to weed out prejudiced officers in the wake of the damning report into Stephen Lawrence’s death that branded the Metropolitan Police “institutionally racist”.
But despite a shameful 2,720 racism complaints in the past five years, bosses have axed just two cops – and they were “required to resign” rather than be sacked, meaning their pensions were safeguarded.
A shocking Mirror investigation has revealed not a single officer proven to be a bigot has been fired.
Many escaped with written warnings or merely a word in their ear.
But we found the problem goes much further than just the Met. Scores of racist officers and staff across the country have escaped with just a slap on the wrist.
they promised to weed out prejudiced officers in the wake of the damning report into Stephen Lawrence’s death that branded the Metropolitan Police “institutionally racist”.
But despite a shameful 2,720 racism complaints in the past five years, bosses have axed just two cops – and they were “required to resign” rather than be sacked, meaning their pensions were safeguarded.
A shocking Mirror investigation has revealed not a single officer proven to be a bigot has been fired.
Many escaped with written warnings or merely a word in their ear.
But we found the problem goes much further than just the Met. Scores of racist officers and staff across the country have escaped with just a slap on the wrist.
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