Now we all know that Big Brother is watching us these days at all times, pretty much. That is a given. We also know that there is a lot of debate regarding the relative merits and downsides of constant CCTV intrusion/observation in all our lives and I am not going to open that particular can of worms here at the present moment. That is a thorny issue at the best of times, I find, especially here in the UK. We are, after all, the most watched nation on God’s creation.
I do, however, have a little something to say to one Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones of Hillsborough County’s Finest. When you felt the need to up-end a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair and search him whilst he was face down and unable to right himself due to his disability, did it never occur to you that there were cameras in the room making a record of this act of sheer stupidity?
More than an act of stupidity, even. An act of downright ignorance in the face of ALL the fecking evidence. There were a couple of clues that you should have picked up on when you asked him to stand and he didn’t.
- The chair he was in had dirty great wheels on it. Not unlike a wheelchair
- He told you that he was disabled and, as such, needed a chair with wheels. A wheelchair, in fact
You thought he was having you on, did you? You reckoned he was having a laugh at your expense? Who do you reckon is going to be laughing now? Well, I will wager that you are going to have a fair while to ponder that particular conundrum.
Honestly, I would love to hear what to ‘protect and serve’ actually means in her world. I have only more thing to add to this sorry wee tale. We have heard down the years of many travesties of justice carried out by police officers, in many and various countries. All heinous in their own right and worthy of righteous scorn by all proper thinking people.
It does beggar belief, however, when the police are downright asinine enough to be recorded for posterity and, in turn, earn their own twisted fifteen minutes of fame. To paraphrase a legal term here, there is a precedent for this.
Two words, people.
Rodney. King.
