The Met

Apparently 180 student protesters have been arrested following last weeks demonstration, “None of whom had been arrested before,” said a Met Police spokesman. Now why would all these students, with unblemished records, get so fired up that they get arrested? It couldn’t have anything to do with the way the Met police behave, could it?

Take this example from today’s Independent. “The Metropolitan Police has referred to its internal directorate of professional standards an incident in which officers dragged a protester from his wheelchair and pulled him across a street, after footage of the event emerged online.”(my emphasis)

“Jody McIntyre, 20, who suffers from cerebral palsy, said he was twice pulled out of his wheelchair by the same officer during the protest against the Coalition Government's plan to raise university tuition fees.”

“The video footage came to light after Mr McIntyre appealed for witnesses to the incident, amid further claims that the police used disproportionate force in dealing with peaceful demonstrators last week. It shows an officer pulling Mr McIntyre from his upturned wheelchair and dragging him across a street leading into Parliament Square, provoking anger from other protesters around him. The officer is then himself pulled away by one of his colleagues.”

Add the baton-wielding thugs masquerading as police officers and it is easy to see how normally quiet and peaceful citizens become enraged. 

Will the wheelchair incident receive the same coverage as Chuck n Camilla across the UK’s, never mind world, media? Will the thug who dragged the chap from the chair be punished? Why was he not arrested by his colleagues at the time? If nothing had appeared online there would have been no referral to the ‘directorate of professional standards.’ 

Not arrested then - just a bit more re-training to learn to be more careful. And to make sure there are no cameras around....  What a sick outfit.

The Met is unfit for purpose. From top to bottom. Anyone unconvinced should not only consider recent events but also the so-called investigation into phone hacking by journalists working at the            News of the World. What an apology for an enquiry that was - and then you find out that the chap in charge gets a job with News International as soon as he left the Met. Stinky stinky stinky.