Grrrr! That's the official mood on my reaction to considering charges to the man who defended his life from an armed criminal. Recent news that the Police will not be charging him do not diminish the outrage we need to vent at our Police and Politicians to change this attitude.
This in the same week that a women recounts how she had to fight for her life against a kidnapper who ordered her into the boot of the car. "I will die if I get in the boot" (trunk for our American and Canadian friends) she thought, and for good reason. So when a cop says "just roll over" without a rider clause that you are entitled to fight for your life we can think of this poor women who had to make a tough call.
This in the same week that the Justice Department announce it is too hard to collect fines of those repeat offenders and lowlifes that don't pay them, so they will not bother enforcing the penalty prescribed under the law. What a message to crooks. What a message to victims.
Now lets try hauling this policeman and his management before the court to decide if his actions were 'permissible' in threatening a citizen with court action. Hey - don't take it personally, it's just a procedure to go through to make sure Police are not behaving improperly. See what I mean? Not nice, is it?
So Grrrr! it remains.
Grrrr! again as I think back through several similar incidents, and our challenge is to remind the politicians and justice system that they need to do their job. Serve us.
Other than that, and aside from a couple of minor calamities, it was an OK week. Stop in and have a chat. Or just add Grrrr! in support if you have other plans.
This in the same week that a women recounts how she had to fight for her life against a kidnapper who ordered her into the boot of the car. "I will die if I get in the boot" (trunk for our American and Canadian friends) she thought, and for good reason. So when a cop says "just roll over" without a rider clause that you are entitled to fight for your life we can think of this poor women who had to make a tough call.
This in the same week that the Justice Department announce it is too hard to collect fines of those repeat offenders and lowlifes that don't pay them, so they will not bother enforcing the penalty prescribed under the law. What a message to crooks. What a message to victims.
Now lets try hauling this policeman and his management before the court to decide if his actions were 'permissible' in threatening a citizen with court action. Hey - don't take it personally, it's just a procedure to go through to make sure Police are not behaving improperly. See what I mean? Not nice, is it?
So Grrrr! it remains.
Grrrr! again as I think back through several similar incidents, and our challenge is to remind the politicians and justice system that they need to do their job. Serve us.
Other than that, and aside from a couple of minor calamities, it was an OK week. Stop in and have a chat. Or just add Grrrr! in support if you have other plans.