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Merry Christmas to all the other brave Police Officers then.how anyone can wish the filth like this a happy xmas is beyond me. they are racist scum and the non-racist minority are as bad for covering up for them.
Moment police officer punches medical worker in the head
Audiologist Rasike Attanayake compared his treatment to that suffered by George Floyd. PC Jonathan Marsh denies assault by beating.www.dailymail.co.uk
Specifically the ones along side him that didn't stop him. Heroes.
He resisted arrest, do people even watch these videos or just read headlines?
mightymoyes
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I watched the video and he didn't.
He's the one that called them ffs, that's the only thing he did wrong
He resisted arrest.
mightymoyes
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He didn't, he was lying on the ground complaining about being assaulted.
Why was he arrested?
He resisted when the cuffs were put on, he was moved to the floor.
He was arrested cos you can hear the suspect description over the radio, he matched it.
The innocent nhs employee didn't drop to his knees instantly when faced with aggression from a tooled up uniform? No way!
mightymoyes
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Good of you to expose yourself as a defender of violent, racist thugs.
The suspect was white
mone or here, mone or here... hmmm....
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For two consecutive Sundays, the PPE scandal involving the Conservative peer Michelle Mone has made waves. First came the release of a YouTube documentary on 10 December about Mone, her husband, Douglas Barrowman, and PPE Medpro, a company they helped to win more than £200m in government contracts.
Then came the BBC’s heavily promoted interview with the couple, in which Mone admitted lying repeatedly to the public over her involvement in PPE Medpro and conceded she and her family were beneficiaries of an offshore trust that received a portion of its profits.
The carefully managed media rollout is part of what Mone has called “our fightback”. It is a battle that has been aided by Mark Williams-Thomas, who investigated, produced and presented the YouTube documentary, which was funded by PPE Medpro, and was sitting behind the couple when they were interviewed by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.
Williams-Thomas is a former police officer turned award-winning journalist who has a string of successful documentaries for ITV and Netflix. Amid questions last week over his independence in relation to the YouTube documentary, he said he had been “commissioned by PPE Medpro” to produce the film but retained “full editorial control”.
He said: “We have been totally upfront about who funded the programme and as to why we went down that route, putting in place safeguards to ensure editorial control and as much independence as possible.”
What Williams-Thomas did not reveal publicly, however, is that, alongside his journalistic role, he has also been working as a private investigator on behalf of Mone, Barrowman and PPE Medpro.
In addition to trying to orchestrate a reputational comeback for the couple, Williams-Thomas has been assisting his clients in their efforts to hunt for the suspected source of years of Guardian articles revealing that Mone and Barrowman had been lying to the public.
Details of this side job have not been revealed by Williams-Thomas, perhaps because he has signed a non-disclosure agreement with his clients.
News of the dual role raises questions about conflicts of interest and the ethics of combining journalism with work as a private investigator.
It could also prove awkward for the BBC, which may face questions about Williams-Thomas’s involvement in Mone’s big set-piece interview with Kuenssberg.
Williams-Thomas told colleagues as far back as July that he was involved behind the scenes in a planned Kuenssberg interview. At that time, his business partner, Martin Kayes, another private investigator, told a reporter: “She’s going to be doing an interview with them, which, I think, Mark [Williams-Thomas] has got some kind of control over what’s going on.”
A BBC spokesperson said: “As with all BBC News interviews, the BBC had full editorial control at all times.”
However, the Guardian understands that Williams-Thomas was involved in the Kuenssberg interview process, liaising between the couple and the production team. The BBC declined to say what role Williams-Thomas had in relation to the interview and why he was present when it was filmed in Portugal.
For Mone and Barrowman, the revelations come at a difficult juncture. Their admission that for three years they lied to the media about their links to PPE MedPro has reignited concern over the peer’s conduct. There is growing unrest in the parliamentary Conservative party over the scandal. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said he was treating the matter “extremely seriously”.
Meanwhile, the couple’s public relations blitz appears directed at responding to battles they are fighting on two legal fronts: a civil dispute with the UK government over whether the PPE that was supplied was fit for purpose, and a criminal investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) into allegations of conspiracy to defraud, fraud by false representation, and bribery.
They deny wrongdoing on both fronts, and appear to have contracted Williams-Thomas to help fight their corner. Responding to the Guardian, Williams-Thomas did not dispute that he had been working as a private investigator for the very same people he claimed to be covering as a reporter.
He denied he had done anything wrong. “To suggest that I lack journalistic integrity is wrong and totally unfair and is to ignore, with your own agenda, the clear statements I have made about funding and independence,” he said.
Mone, Barrowman, PPE Medpro and Kayes did not respond to requests for comment."
Small world eh.
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For two consecutive Sundays, the PPE scandal involving the Conservative peer Michelle Mone has made waves. First came the release of a YouTube documentary on 10 December about Mone, her husband, Douglas Barrowman, and PPE Medpro, a company they helped to win more than £200m in government contracts.
Then came the BBC’s heavily promoted interview with the couple, in which Mone admitted lying repeatedly to the public over her involvement in PPE Medpro and conceded she and her family were beneficiaries of an offshore trust that received a portion of its profits.
The carefully managed media rollout is part of what Mone has called “our fightback”. It is a battle that has been aided by Mark Williams-Thomas, who investigated, produced and presented the YouTube documentary, which was funded by PPE Medpro, and was sitting behind the couple when they were interviewed by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.
Williams-Thomas is a former police officer turned award-winning journalist who has a string of successful documentaries for ITV and Netflix. Amid questions last week over his independence in relation to the YouTube documentary, he said he had been “commissioned by PPE Medpro” to produce the film but retained “full editorial control”.
He said: “We have been totally upfront about who funded the programme and as to why we went down that route, putting in place safeguards to ensure editorial control and as much independence as possible.”
What Williams-Thomas did not reveal publicly, however, is that, alongside his journalistic role, he has also been working as a private investigator on behalf of Mone, Barrowman and PPE Medpro.
In addition to trying to orchestrate a reputational comeback for the couple, Williams-Thomas has been assisting his clients in their efforts to hunt for the suspected source of years of Guardian articles revealing that Mone and Barrowman had been lying to the public.
Details of this side job have not been revealed by Williams-Thomas, perhaps because he has signed a non-disclosure agreement with his clients.
News of the dual role raises questions about conflicts of interest and the ethics of combining journalism with work as a private investigator.
It could also prove awkward for the BBC, which may face questions about Williams-Thomas’s involvement in Mone’s big set-piece interview with Kuenssberg.
Williams-Thomas told colleagues as far back as July that he was involved behind the scenes in a planned Kuenssberg interview. At that time, his business partner, Martin Kayes, another private investigator, told a reporter: “She’s going to be doing an interview with them, which, I think, Mark [Williams-Thomas] has got some kind of control over what’s going on.”
A BBC spokesperson said: “As with all BBC News interviews, the BBC had full editorial control at all times.”
However, the Guardian understands that Williams-Thomas was involved in the Kuenssberg interview process, liaising between the couple and the production team. The BBC declined to say what role Williams-Thomas had in relation to the interview and why he was present when it was filmed in Portugal.
For Mone and Barrowman, the revelations come at a difficult juncture. Their admission that for three years they lied to the media about their links to PPE MedPro has reignited concern over the peer’s conduct. There is growing unrest in the parliamentary Conservative party over the scandal. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said he was treating the matter “extremely seriously”.
Meanwhile, the couple’s public relations blitz appears directed at responding to battles they are fighting on two legal fronts: a civil dispute with the UK government over whether the PPE that was supplied was fit for purpose, and a criminal investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) into allegations of conspiracy to defraud, fraud by false representation, and bribery.
They deny wrongdoing on both fronts, and appear to have contracted Williams-Thomas to help fight their corner. Responding to the Guardian, Williams-Thomas did not dispute that he had been working as a private investigator for the very same people he claimed to be covering as a reporter.
He denied he had done anything wrong. “To suggest that I lack journalistic integrity is wrong and totally unfair and is to ignore, with your own agenda, the clear statements I have made about funding and independence,” he said.
Mone, Barrowman, PPE Medpro and Kayes did not respond to requests for comment."
Small world eh.
Mr. White
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He didn't have to drop to his knees. He didn't need to drop to the floor... All he needed to do was relax his arms and allow the handcuffs to be put on. If he'd complied with this simple request, he'd have remained on his feet. If he'd complied, allowed himself to be searched, answered a few questions, he'd have been on his way within minutes. Things would have been civil.
Instead, he escalated the situation, not the officer. As soon as he relaxed his arms, the officer eased off with the force used.
And if you read the full article, he compared himself to George Floyd. Cretin.
They said he had a black coat, I didnt hear any race been spoken about.
I dont defend racists, the belief that all Policemen are racist is a bit silly.
Anyway, im off to drive on roads that are safe due to the Police, to attend a match safely due to the protection offered by the Police.
So forgive me for thinking they provide a service.
bullspit you racist ass hole!
You not fancy one of those trains by mussolini...?
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