Hang your heads in shame
30/11/08 14:37 Filed in: Personal
If there is one thing I cannot stand it’s abuse of power. It has to be true that whenever you allow individuals to act in a management position over other individuals, there are those who consider it fair game to abuse such trust.
Such is the case with these three police officers, members of Greater Manchester Police, stationed in Wigan.
On the 27th of July this year they misidentified (not that this is any excuse) Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall (veteran of both the Afghan and Iraq war) as another man wanted in connection to an assault on ambulance crews.
Without warning the three run at Lance Corporal Aspinall, causing him to fall over backwards. In which point our three cowards jump upon him, handcuff him and assault him.
But don’t take my word for it. The video evidence of the attack is available from the BBC website and the Sunday Mirror website.
What makes this more sickening is that Mark was actually convicted of assaulting THE POLICE OFFICERS. It was only when the case went to appeal and Crown Court Judge John Phipps watched the CCTV footage that the verdict was quashed. On seeing the video he said “I am shocked and appalled at the levels of police violence shown here”, adding that he had great concerns about the footage and branded the policemen as liars, saying “I would go as far as to say the statements (by the officers) contain untruths.”
You’ll realise that would be a legal term.
So you might imagine that given it got country wide coverage in the media that the new Chief Constable of GMP would have something to say by way of an apology or just a recognition of the incident.
Well, check out his blog here. You’ll notice at this time he has name made any reference to the incident that’s currently blighting his service, which I find particularly appaling in itself.
Of particular note in this incident is PC Lightfoot or Orrell, Wigan. The 20 stone officer who repeatedly punches Lance Corp. Aspinall in the head.
The IPCC is investigating as I write. Whether or not this will be another white wash or something actually comes of it, that’s anyone’s guess.
Such is the case with these three police officers, members of Greater Manchester Police, stationed in Wigan.
On the 27th of July this year they misidentified (not that this is any excuse) Lance Corporal Mark Aspinall (veteran of both the Afghan and Iraq war) as another man wanted in connection to an assault on ambulance crews.
Without warning the three run at Lance Corporal Aspinall, causing him to fall over backwards. In which point our three cowards jump upon him, handcuff him and assault him.
But don’t take my word for it. The video evidence of the attack is available from the BBC website and the Sunday Mirror website.
What makes this more sickening is that Mark was actually convicted of assaulting THE POLICE OFFICERS. It was only when the case went to appeal and Crown Court Judge John Phipps watched the CCTV footage that the verdict was quashed. On seeing the video he said “I am shocked and appalled at the levels of police violence shown here”, adding that he had great concerns about the footage and branded the policemen as liars, saying “I would go as far as to say the statements (by the officers) contain untruths.”
You’ll realise that would be a legal term.
So you might imagine that given it got country wide coverage in the media that the new Chief Constable of GMP would have something to say by way of an apology or just a recognition of the incident.
Well, check out his blog here. You’ll notice at this time he has name made any reference to the incident that’s currently blighting his service, which I find particularly appaling in itself.
Of particular note in this incident is PC Lightfoot or Orrell, Wigan. The 20 stone officer who repeatedly punches Lance Corp. Aspinall in the head.
The IPCC is investigating as I write. Whether or not this will be another white wash or something actually comes of it, that’s anyone’s guess.
