Just last summer, officers failed to investigate the disappearance of two black women - Bibaa Henry & Nicola Smallman - then once their own families had found their dead bodies, officers were found to have taken selfies next to them.
If you find anyone trying to justify this on public health/ covid grounds please send them my way and I’ll explain a bit about the transmission of airborne viruses which (one more time) doesn’t really happen out doors. Especially when people are silent.
Please remember Blessing Olusegun, whose body was found on a beach in Sussex last year. Her death remains unexplained. The police said there was nothing to investigate.
When it’s flag wielding Churchill dickheads the police are accommodating but when it’s flower-bearing women, dear god NO. Look how our tears & tulips threaten you #ReclaimTheNight#metpolice
The Met’s chief, Cressida Dick on Wednesday: “Every woman should feel safe to walk our streets without fear of harassment or violence.”
The Met, Saturday night:
The scenes from Clapham Common are unacceptable. The police have a responsibility to enforce Covid laws but from images I've seen it's clear the response was at times neither appropriate nor proportionate. I'm contact with the Commissioner & urgently seeking an explanation.
Just another example of women trying to do things the correct way and being penalised for it. Keep thinking about the gross men who went to Parliament Sq last year to “”protect the statues””.
As we focus on institutionalised police misogyny as related to the murder of Sarah Everard, we must also remember the fact that the police officers who took selfies with the murdered bodies of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman have still not been charged.
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