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The Metropolitan Police are still completely unfit for purpose.
A thousand currently suspended or on restricted duties pending investigations into misconduct is a start, but just the tip of the iceberg. The whole force is rotten to the core.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
03:08 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Oliver Tooley
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The one beacon of hope is Sir Mark Rowley, the current Chief Commissioner.
He seems to be the one rock around which decent officers could rally and cut out the cancer.
He has a huge job ahead, still.
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03:25 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Oliver Tooley
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Even today, as many armed Met Police officers hand back their guns and the right to use them for fear of being charged with murder, it is obvious they do not understand their job description.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
03:26 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Oliver Tooley
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Chris Kaba's, as yet, unnamed killer has been charged with murder and released on bail with some quite strict conditions.
The CPS will have a compelling case to have brought a charge of murder. We must let the courts decide.
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03:31 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Oliver Tooley
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But by handing in their firearms tickets, these officers are de facto stating that they cannot be sure they will not murder an innocent citizen in carrying out their duties.
Their job is to uphold the law, not to commit murder.
03:34 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Oliver Tooley
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Chris Kaba was a construction worker.
He was unarmed.
His car was blocked in on both sides by police vehicles.
He was shot dead with a single bullet through the car windscreen.
A conviction for murder seems inevitable prima facie.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
03:36 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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Oliver Tooley
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Apologies for the confusion earlier as I accidentally threaded this onto the wrong starting spout and had to delete everything and start again.
03:38 AM - Sep 24, 2023
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