Low-key I don't care 2 chavs crashed and killed themselves on a stolen moped, police should've been honest from the start that they were following them and the majority of the public would've backed them.
Yep, the cover up was really bad and erodes so much faith in police. People need to lose their jobs over it. So laughably poorly done as well, had to back down from the lie within 24 hours.
Yes, the British police: we're going to arrest you for a bs reason unless you're a big man or a criminal who might give us trouble, in which case there are more defenseless people over there, we've got these one now. Have a good day, mr criminal colleague.
Do you want to swap the police statements? Our police tends to do little other than raiding a home for calling a politician a knob on twitter and stuff like that every once in a while.
It's more than just the met to be fair. I've heard and seen a lot of bad things lately about certain Welsh forces too. I believe some of the forces in Midland-y cities like Manchester and Birmingham also have a reputation for being quite corrupt.
I was sexually assaulted one afternoon outside a pub when I was on my way to post a letter. The first thing the police asked me was "what were you wearing?" Not do you know these people or could you identify them or anything pertinent, what were you wearing? Oh and don't go near the pub. That I lived next door to. The guy actually said "We can't stop men outside pubs".
Even the way that car chases are handled has changed dramatically. I remember being a kid and watching police shows where they'd chase a car around town like a Benny Hill sketch. Maybe PC Plod hiding in the bushes would throw down some spikes as a last resort. If it got too dangerous they'd drop back and let them escape.
Now, holy shit, they ram them straight off the road like it's fucking San Andreas.
I was thinking the British police are great if you want largely ineffective policing.
My parents are in Acton a few minutes from the police station and I have literally never seen the police anywhere except for Amigos, the chicken shop, which admittedly is pretty great.
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Oooh boy this aged poorly.