Disgusted – simply disgusted
A quick post to thank god that The Guardian has the balls to show the disgusting behaviour of London`s Metropolitan Police in London during the 2009 G20 summit.
If you`ve been living in a cave for the last few weeks, you`ll have missed the events in and around London, which included residents being blocked from accessing their own homes, dubious responses to protests, and the (currently) questionable death of Ian Tomlinson.
The Grauniad has an interesting video here which includes a dire Billy Bragg performance, the police surrounding a bunch of sat down, singing protesters with one of their infamous “rings of steel”, a shouty ponce, and knobheads smashing into Royal Bank of Scotland. These knobheads should have quite rightly been locked up. However, what we continue to see is the police, those in power, charged with protecting the people of London, losing it and beating the shit out of anything that moves. What kind of a country is this?
Now, having seen the media hype – there must have been 500 cameramen/journos for every protester – I found it hard to figure out just whose propaganda to fall for in this case. Until re-watching some of those videos, and remembering what the police are actually supposed to do. And I`m disgusted.
In much the same way there was less than a smack on the wrist for the execution of Jean Charles de Menezes, we can expect nothing to come of the appalling treatment of Ian Tomlinson. Which is a pity, as I`d like to see the violent “I only joined the police because I was bullied at school” bastard locked away, along with every other officer with him, who were nothing short of disgusting accomplices.
Taken directly from the Met Police website (they can sue me):
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Our mission
* Working together for a safer London
Our values
Working together with all our citizens, all our partners, all our colleagues:
* We will have pride in delivering quality policing.
There is no greater priority
* We will build trust by listening and responding
* We will respect and support each other and work as a team
* We will learn from experience and find ways to be even better
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Perhaps a few amendments are necessary:
Our mission
* Working together for a safer London. Our London. Our vision of “safe”, not dictionary definition.
Our values
Working together with all our citizens, all our partners, all our colleagues:
* We will have pride in delivering quality* policing.
There is no greater priority, and that includes being accountable to the people we are here to protect and serve
* We will build trust by listening and responding to each other to ensure none of us misses any of the action, and that we get our stories straight before any inquiry
* We will respect and support each other and work as a team; like a gang
* We will learn from experience and find ways to be even better at covering up any corruption, lies, and overreacting, trigger-happy colleagues
*like “Tesco Value” or “Sainsbury`s Basics”
So again, a nod in the direction of The Grauniad, and a closing thought – perhaps this is why the police are so keen to ban photography that may include members of the police force. The “terrorism” banner once again wheeled out to force through civilian-crushing laws, and now prevent what appears to be legitimate reporting of police brutality.
Update: take a look here and ask yourself what on earth is going on with today`s news reporting – nicely compiled by Chicken Yoghurt, and via bloggerheads. Between the police beating the shit out of anyone they don`t like the look of, and dubious reporting.. good grief.
