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Emrys

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4. If I was a decent copper, in the Met or wherever, I'd be livid at my leadership:

Fri Oct 1, 2021, 03:09 PM

Oct 2021

Sarah Everard murder: Police boss Philip Allott comments spark anger

A police boss who said women "need to be streetwise" about powers of arrest in the wake of the Sarah Everard case has apologised for his remarks.

North Yorkshire commissioner Philip Allott sparked fury when he said Ms Everard "never should have submitted" to the arrest by her killer.

Murderer Wayne Couzens, a Met Police officer, had falsely arrested the 33-year-old in order to abduct her.
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"So women, first of all, need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested. She should never have been arrested and submitted to that," he said.

"Perhaps women need to consider in terms of the legal process, to just learn a bit about that legal process".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-58762029

He's now apologized, but this whole tenor is taking victim-blaming to a very dark place indeed.

After this, any charges of resisting arrest levelled at anyone could be subject to dismissal in court.

How about police officers and those high up in the hierarchy take a lead by stopping covering up for their colleagues who are homicidal maniacs, in potential or reality? That would at least be a start.

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So resisting arrest is all they have got? [View all] Soph0571 Oct 2021 OP

Here the cop would probably shoot you for yelling, knocking on door, waving down a bus ... marble falls Oct 2021 #1

Well they would not shoot you over here of course Soph0571 Oct 2021 #2

There's got to be a better way to get a grip on a police force than knocking on doors, being ... marble falls Oct 2021 #3

If I was a decent copper, in the Met or wherever, I'd be livid at my leadership: Emrys Oct 2021 #4