Lest ye forget.....

[barryd]

Don't think the Daily Mail is banned Jim, just frowned upon by many.

Video of arrest by police officer on teen released after he was sacked

PC Castle, 46, was dismissed from Dorset Police over the Bournemouth arrest, sparking a wave of criticism as it emerged the teen was suspected of assaulting two people.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Typical Mail misleading headline though. He was not "Wielding a knife". I think they found a Stanley knife on him after the arrest.

None of us have all the facts but it was his own colleagues at the scene I believe that reported him. At the time of the arrest it was an alleged assault and no mention of a knife I believe. So for what seems to be an arrest just based on an alleged assault it does seem to me to be excessive and the officer clearly loses control. Whether he should have been sacked though is another matter. I could understand them going in hard like that if they knew he was actually "Wielding a knife" but they didn't I don't think.

 

[alcam]

Just watched the police body cam footage that Dorset police released. It's edited and has audio redacted. Why would they do that if they were not trying to skew the footage one way or another. Why not show the whole encounter.

Very telling that his colleagues complained about his behaviour .
Usual DM misleading article . Knife carrying ? Separate matter but the pc wasn't aware of it at the time .
Oops seem to have echoed Barry's post !
But , as we both said , the complaints from colleagues is very telling .
The policeman who was jailed for multiple sexual offences was well known among his colleagues for his cruel behaviour . Yet , as far as I know , was not reported by colleagues .

 

[maingate]

Don't think the Daily Mail is banned Jim, just frowned upon by many.

Video of arrest by police officer on teen released after he was sacked

PC Castle, 46, was dismissed from Dorset Police over the Bournemouth arrest, sparking a wave of criticism as it emerged the teen was suspected of assaulting two people.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A certain News Channel and a certain Political Party are banned on here. It was an interview by the aforementioned Politician with the Police Officer himself. As said earlier, the video clip was given by Dorset Police as they thought it would exonerate their decision to sack the Officer. It has done the reverse actually. This Officer, with 9 or 10 years in the job, had 2 commendations for bravery, including rescuing a woman from floodwater. One of the YT comments (a local I presume) says that the female Chief Constable is very touchy, feely and woke and held in low regard generally. I don't know if that is true but it was mentioned.

 

[Robmac]

Typical Mail misleading headline though. He was not "Wielding a knife". I think they found a Stanley knife on him after the arrest.

None of us have all the facts but it was his own colleagues at the scene I believe that reported him. At the time of the arrest it was an alleged assault and no mention of a knife I believe. So for what seems to be an arrest just based on an alleged assault it does seem to me to be excessive and the officer clearly loses control. Whether he should have been sacked though is another matter. I could understand them going in hard like that if they knew he was actually "Wielding a knife" but they didn't I don't think.

Headlines sell newspapers Barry and they're all guilty of it. Weather forecasts are typical of many newspapers screaming "Arctic blast to bring 3 feet of snow to the UK" then you find out that it's only on the summit of Ben Nevis but by then you've bought the paper or subscribed.

I'm no fan of the Mail, or any other newspapers come to that, although I used to buy the Telegraph just for the sport and the crossword. I do see articles online though and have a quick look if it grabs my attention, some I believe, some I take with a pinch of salt. But yes, the Mail is worse than most.

In this case though they must have had a good reason to arrest him though, they don't usually go in that hard without having received considerable intelligence?

 

[Robmac]

A certain News Channel and a certain Political Party are banned on here. It was an interview by the aforementioned Politician with the Police Officer himself. As said earlier, the video clip was given by Dorset Police as they thought it would exonerate their decision to sack the Officer. It has done the reverse actually. This Officer, with 9 or 10 years in the job, had 2 commendations for bravery, including rescuing a woman from floodwater. One of the YT comments (a local I presume) says that the female Chief Constable is very touchy, feely and woke and held in low regard generally. I don't know if that is true but it was mentioned.

Just watched that interview Jim, he came across as a very articulate and genuine man.

 

[guerdeval]

Two of us used to go over there with work in the 90s. I think 1993 was the first time I went to Belfast. It was a bit daunting getting off the ferry and seeing all the armoured vehicles, machine guns and the like. I did see a building get stormed and a flash bang grenade get used. It was bizarre. I was wondering round just shopping and the street seemed to clear. People scurried off like they knew something was about to happen. I just stood there bewildered not giving any sh*ts and eating my sandwich when a convoy of armoured vehicles came screaming down the road and stormed this building. Two minutes later out they came, bundled some "suspects" into the vehicles and stormed off again.

We loved Belfast though and always had a good time there.

I was actually driving artics from West Midlands to N Ireland and Eire twice a week in the 70’s/80’s when there was a lot of troubles ,I would ensure I was back on Larne docks to sleep but on only 2 occasions I couldn’t get back, both times I was put up by total strangers from the delivery site, the charity of strangers was so surprising and welcome, the only trepidation I felt was one family were going out for the night and left me, a total stranger alone in their house with clear instructions NOT to open the door to anyone and if anything happened don’t hesitate to use the revolver they gave me , sounds unbelievable but I promise it’s absolutely true, to this day I regard the Irish North or South as the most hospitable people on Earth.

 

[colinm]

Headlines sell newspapers Barry and they're all guilty of it. Weather forecasts are typical of many newspapers screaming "Arctic blast to bring 3 feet of snow to the UK" then you find out that it's only on the summit of Ben Nevis but by then you've bought the paper or subscribed.

I'm no fan of the Mail, or any other newspapers come to that, although I used to buy the Telegraph just for the sport and the crossword. I do see articles online though and have a quick look if it grabs my attention, some I believe, some I take with a pinch of salt. But yes, the Mail is worse than most.

In this case though they must have had a good reason to arrest him though, they don't usually go in that hard without having received considerable intelligence?

The Daily Fail, my favorite story from them is this.

Caravanner, 61, prosecuted for keeping Swiss Army knife in glove box

Full-time carer Rodney Knowles, 61, walks with the aid of a stick and had used the Swiss Army knife to cut up fruit on picnics with his wife.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Turns out he had threatened to stab someone in a pub, then fled the scene driving away, that's when the police stopped him.
Better still, after this story was in the paper some of his victims could identify him, and he was arrested and jailed as a peado rapist.

 

[barryd]

Headlines sell newspapers Barry and they're all guilty of it. Weather forecasts are typical of many newspapers screaming "Arctic blast to bring 3 feet of snow to the UK" then you find out that it's only on the summit of Ben Nevis but by then you've bought the paper or subscribed.

I'm no fan of the Mail, or any other newspapers come to that, although I used to buy the Telegraph just for the sport and the crossword. I do see articles online though and have a quick look if it grabs my attention, some I believe, some I take with a pinch of salt. But yes, the Mail is worse than most.

In this case though they must have had a good reason to arrest him though, they don't usually go in that hard without having received considerable intelligence?

Our media / press is one of the most if not the worst for being misleading, biased and dishonest in Europe I think. Wiki has officially deemed the Mail as an unreliable source and its use for reference now prohibited.

Don't get me started on social media like Facebook and trial by Karen!

I don't know about this one as there don't seem to be too many facts other than what we have seen in the media and everyone's speculation. If they did have considerable intelligence though and he thought it necessary to go in with such force then why was he sacked?

 

[Robmac]

Our media / press is one of the most if not the worst for being misleading, biased and dishonest in Europe I think. Wiki has officially deemed the Mail as an unreliable source and its use for reference now prohibited.

Don't get me started on social media like Facebook and trial by Karen!

I don't know about this one as there don't seem to be too many facts other than what we have seen in the media and everyone's speculation. If they did have considerable intelligence though and he thought it necessary to go in with such force then why was he sacked?

Dunno Barry I don't know all of the circumstances either, I just like to stick me oar in when I'm bored.

 

[Fazerloz]

Just watched that interview Jim, he came across as a very articulate and genuine man.

That is what they are trained to do. No doubt he will have stood up in court many times and done exactly that.

 

[Robmac]

That is what they are trained to do. No doubt he will have stood up in court many times and done exactly that.

Yeah, I know Chris.

Don't ask how.

 

[Fazerloz]

Yeah, I know Chris.

Don't ask how.

How?
Never was one for doing as i was told.

 

[Robmac]

How?
Never was one for doing as i was told.

I can't remember now.

Never have been one for remembering what I don't want to!

 

[mark61]

The UK press is the least trusted in Europe.

That is very different to being the worst for misleading, biased and dishonest reporting in Europe.

Looks like we have a budding DM journalist amongst us.

 

[barryd]

The UK press is the least trusted in Europe.

That is very different to being the worst for misleading, biased and dishonest reporting in Europe.

Looks like we have a budding DM journalist amongst us.

Perhaps but it doesn't get that reputation for being the least trusted in Europe without the latter really does it?

Sensationalism and Tabloid culture, Scandals (Phone hacking for example and IPSO having really no teeth)

Bias and impartiality (off the scale in recent years)

Digital disruption, misinformation and political polarisation.

We do have some decent media / press of course but they are underfunded, under read and not backed by billionaire media moguls with their own agenda.