tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post8552183734110907711..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Police officers who do things like this need to be sackedMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-67954992202452598902010-08-15T13:09:22.910+01:002010-08-15T13:09:22.910+01:00When they were chasing him how could they have kno...When they were chasing him how could they have known about his health or age? <br /><br />Yes they should be investigated for breaking the window. More serious is Ian Tomlinsons death though. <br /><br />Who gets a police escourt? What circles do you move in Mark? Thats a lame excuse, a bit like the cat ate my driving license.Adrian Windischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16306364832746111534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-58528709369535513592010-08-14T12:23:11.788+01:002010-08-14T12:23:11.788+01:00The whole British justice system is on trial:
htt...The whole British justice system is on trial:<br /><br />http://peterreynolds.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/british-justice-on-trial/Peter Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181779476005970939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-62076544484753520742010-08-12T20:14:25.459+01:002010-08-12T20:14:25.459+01:00I'm sixty, I had a stroke, but my main disabil...I'm sixty, I had a stroke, but my main disability is that I've a lesion of the spinal cord.<br /><br />Now I had to have two years off diving have a medical in which I was told I need hand controls on my car.<br /><br />The stroke means I cannot drive a taxi or lorry or bus.<br /><br />But even though I'm sixty if I got as confused as this gentleman I'd be worried about his driving, yes yes the police like always over acted to the situation, but if this driver is so confused then obviously he should not be driving.<br /><br />You cannot be confused when your driving a vehicle and if he is that confused then sadly something is very very wrong with him<br /><br />But again the police of this country go for the violence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-7133361201924354122010-08-09T19:35:21.206+01:002010-08-09T19:35:21.206+01:00I read this story too. And wondered if such a fuss...I read this story too. And wondered if such a fuss would have been made had the circumstances been exactly the same but the driver of the £60k car with tinted windows been, say, a 24-year-old single male. Doubt it. In fact I can give you any number of anecdotes of police behaviour towards my friends, family and acquaintances in their teens and twenties that have the same powercrazed, stasi flavour about them but oddly enough never made the papers.<br /><br />Not disagreeing with you in the slightest, the filth want sacking for anything they do that isn't in accord with Peelian principles (the police are the public, and the public are the police). <br /><br />Just think it's worth pointing out that just like the under-twelves, pensioners are generally considered innocents by default, where everyone else is more likely to be a ne'er-do-well of some sort.Steph Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203857483437132885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-59688918152994864882010-08-08T18:12:25.233+01:002010-08-08T18:12:25.233+01:00@will fae
Sticking to the speed limit is hardly t...@will fae<br /><br />Sticking to the speed limit is hardly trying to leg-it.<br /><br />More likely he had his thumb in his bum and his mind in neural, as we used to say in the Army.SimonFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-1060999344754100342010-08-08T16:21:38.738+01:002010-08-08T16:21:38.738+01:00@Antisthenes
"Acted over hastily" is no...@Antisthenes<br /><br />"Acted over hastily" is not what they did. Went completely over the top is what they did. If as you say you are a pensioner then I hope you never come across officers like these. They are supposed to be public servants yet behave like Gestapo. I'm of pensionable age as well and can remember the day when bobbies were our friends and kept the peace. Why have they become the enemy? Politicisation by a socialist government, that's how!Sean O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927008607403571290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-72439011019139206702010-08-08T14:44:23.347+01:002010-08-08T14:44:23.347+01:00Mark, being myself a pensioner and sometimes makin...Mark, being myself a pensioner and sometimes making mistakes and being confused. If I was involved in a similar incident I would accept the consequences of my actions. On retrospect I agree the officers acted over hastily and were probably taking out their anger and frustration on the man. So reprehensible yes, understandable also yes so I believe that the man must shoulder most of the responsibility for what occurred. It does beg the question that is is the man a fit person to be driving a motor vehicle.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-42650371900636132632010-08-08T14:05:18.310+01:002010-08-08T14:05:18.310+01:00@Antisthenes - Interesting perspective. I wonder w...@Antisthenes - Interesting perspective. I wonder what part of a policeman's "duty" you think smashing through the windows of a terrified pensioner's car with a baton and boot and dragging him out is fulfilling.<br /><br />His story about thinking he was being escorted home rings true with me. He had no reason to suspect that he had done anything wrong, was confused and could not work out what was going on. He didn't break the speed limit which demonstrates he was not seriously trying to get away.<br /><br />I'd hate to live in a state where you made the laws. Being a bit confused or mistaken about something would appear to attract a very harsh penalty.Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-19910612984829360362010-08-08T14:02:36.259+01:002010-08-08T14:02:36.259+01:00There is no doubt that the police had cause to spe...There is no doubt that the police had cause to speak to the gentlemen, and it seems reasonably clear that this man thought he could leg it. However, having stopped the car, all the police needed to do was calmly apprehend him and book him at the station. Smashing his window and pulling him out the car strikes me as being well over the top.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957501061120891438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-23632777867998653312010-08-08T13:54:15.921+01:002010-08-08T13:54:15.921+01:00Utter rubbish. The man was breaking the law and co...Utter rubbish. The man was breaking the law and compounded the offence by driving off and failing to stop when required to do so. The police officers as far as I am concerned were only doing their duty. They would not have been aware that he was disabled and what his motives were when he did not stop. As for his belief that he was being given a police escort home, beggars belief. The man is either a complete idiot or he had something to hide.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-57169247957957173302010-08-08T13:30:31.702+01:002010-08-08T13:30:31.702+01:00Wow I agree with a LibDem. Whatever next?Wow I agree with a LibDem. Whatever next?Sean O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09927008607403571290noreply@blogger.com