On Apr 18, 10:55*am, Mizter T wrote:
I don't actually think that basing a critique of the Met on that event
- the killing of de Menezes - is particularly effective at all. Be in
no doubt, it was an abhorrent screw up of the first order, but to
extrapolate from this one very unusual event ideas about how other
more regular day-to-day policing happens in the capital is not a
strong argument at all.

Well no, because the worst part of that event was the reaction of Ian
Blair - the bull**** spewing on the first day and then the complete
lack of acknowledgement that there'd been any sort of **** up or that
the **** up was anything at all to do with him. It was just absolutely
astonishing, as was Ken's support of him*. One of the few good things
about Boris is the acknowledgement from day one that Blair is a
complete ****ing buffoon.

I've no idea if the new guy is any better, though the Met seems to at
least acknowledge they were in the wrong about the G20 stuff and the
image deleting story, which probably still isn't worth anything but is
a million times better than what happened with De Menezes.

(* can anyone explain what Ken's motive for this was?)

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