What Al said
"The better alternative is that when people die an open and thorough investigation is carried out and the police don't close ranks and lie."
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 9 Jan 2014, 15:42, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

right
so what kind of investigation do you want to see, other than a british court case, british justice being the model justice system in many countries around the world?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 9 Jan 2014, 15:44, Reply)

I'd like to see that in every case, but it isn't.
I'm not saying the situation didn't warrant the officers shooting him, they may well have done, but as soon as it happened the police lied to the press stating that he had opened fire on them first, which they knew not to be the case. But nobody got censured for that.

In the case of Ian Tomlinson it was only because a member of the public passed their evidence to a newspaper that an officer was investigated, and despite being found guilty of unlawfully killing a man, the chap was discharged.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 9 Jan 2014, 15:48, Reply)

precisely this
Lying and closing ranks.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 9 Jan 2014, 15:49, Reply)