A lifetime ago - I wrote papers on race/police. Outside of this forum, I was awarded the best graduate not just in my Uni, but of the City as a result of some of them papers.
Scene of crime. Probation services. I've worked in a few parts of the police over a spell of 4 years - didn't bother my arse going into the profession after Uni because you just can't win. And who wants to deal with scum none stop.
There will be 150k-200k police officers. There's no society, nowhere in the world where you can have that amount of people without some wrong'uns.
There appears to be a few more than 'some', my issue is the circling of the wagons and the protectionism of the uniform when wrong'uns show their true colours.
They are not fit for purpose, and do not police with consent.
You cannot apply and enforce the law by breaking it yourself. This primary hypocrisy is what is exposed repeatedly.
The story so far is quite telling, apparently these dark skinned boys have battered 3 cops outside, but why? What were the three cops doing there in the first place, and if there was an arrest to be made, why not call for back up? Also, there's a woman knelt next to the kid on the floor, she's got a lot of bottle hasn't she, the video suggests she is a part of their party, why isn't she copping a right brutal good hiding as well? Couldn't fill the lad sat on the chair in fast enough.
No more Steven Lawrences, no more Stefan Kiszkos, no more Andrew Malkinsons, no more Ian Tomlinsons, no more Jean Charles de Menezes', no more Sarah Everards. No more, times up.