paulfromcamden
Baffled
Good to see at least one women getting justice after appalling mistreatment by the police:
https://novaramedia.com/2022/01/24/...rip-searching-me-i-dont-believe-a-word-of-it/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...es-to-academic-for-sexist-derogatory-language
The video on The Guardian website is worth watching in full: treat her like a terrorist, indeed.
It's upsetting to read how she was treated by the police. All because she tried to hand a card to a child being arrested informing him of his rights.
If it takes a very determined academic eight years to get an apology from the Met what hope does anyone else have?
The sergeant on duty has already been cleared of any wrong doing. It appears there are no consequences for this sort of appalling behaviour.
It's hard not to agree with Dr Duff when she writes:
“The crucial issue is that racism, misogyny [and] sexual violence, are normalised in policing. And the way in which they treated me, the fact that’s normal is shown by the way that at every level of the system it was rubber-stamped for eight years.
Because the scrutiny is always placed on the person who has been subject to violent policing, looking for something about them which means that they deserved it. Any way in which you have not complied, or you have stood up to them, or you have resisted, is taken as a justification for an escalation of force and violence against you.”