jogills
Vital Football Hero
Support from management at last and an explanation of "that apology".
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...incidents-caught-on-video-says-senior-officer
The first headline is the one that often sticks, a fact that politicians know well. I have become much less quick to judge these stories and expect others have too. Smartphone clips had an instant truth in the beginning but we are wiser now and even police footage from body cameras doesn't always tell the full story.
A much more complex debate surrounds why certain groups find themselves engaged in these encounters so much more than others. We need to stop making the police take all the flak for decisions the rest of us have made, or failed to make around that.
I recall the several threads we have had on knife crime, which often centre on race, youth, parenting and punishment. Each stabbing has its moment in the spotlight, headlined to emphasise our current obsessions, and then sinks into the mountain of old stories. In many cases, after a period of time, a smaller page 8 story tells a sadder tale. The perpetrator has been sectioned under The Mental Health Act. I don't know if anyone has requested statistics on this under Freedom of Information but they should.