"I Don't Want To Go In There, Sarge! There Might Be A Bogeyman..."

Man goes missing in mental distress, but it's OK, his phone is still active and showing his location. There's just one little problem...

The family were told they would not be able to look for Anugrah themselves and say officers were 'slow to initially respond to reports that Anugrah was missing' and that they wasted time before entering the woods where his car was located.

'Eventually one officer and a single dog, hardly a squad, arrived at around 2am,' they said.

'The initial call from us was made at 11pm. There was just no sense of urgency even though we as a family were obviously frantic and GMP themselves had identified Anugrah as being high risk.'

They also say they were told it was 'too dark' to carry out a search due to wild animals living in the woods.

*blinks* Better check this story's location. 

No, no, it does say Manchester, and not Mozambique... 

The family say that police refused to send a helicopter out to search for him. His body was found a day later by a dog walker.

What was their excuse for that, that there might be a roc or griffin flying around? 

DCI Dave Jones, of GMP's Professional Standards Branch, added: 'On behalf of Greater Manchester Police, I send the sincerest condolences to the loved ones of Anugrah following his death in March 2023.

'In line with normal procedure, the incident response was referred to GMP's Professional Standards Branch and the Independent Office of Police Conduct for review.

'The conclusion was that GMP had not caused or contributed to Anugrah's death and that the force had responded appropriately to the missing person's report.'

If you consider that 'appropriate' it says everything about you, doesn't it? 

GMP Have Very Strange Priorities...

Mr Karney tweeted on Wednesday morning: 'Extra security measures have caught two males filming themselves urinating on the mural.

'Thanks to GMP they have been arrested.'

I wonder if the average Manchester shopkeeper is wondering if, should he see some yob emptying his bladder against his shop window via CCTV one night, he could expect the Flying Squad to swoop in with such alacrity? 

The clue is in 'mural' - of dead American criminal George Floyd. 

The latest incident comes two days after the painting was defaced with racist graffiti for a second time.

On Sunday night, the memorial was targeted after a large 'N' was sprayed over it.

The mural was also defaced with vile graffiti last summer when a masked vandal sprayed 'n****r' over Mr Floyd's face.

Clearly, this 'tribute' is doing one good job - becoming a magnet for vandals and keeping them away from other areas! 

Councillor Jon-Connor Lyons said the artwork has since been covered up 'to prevent further graffiti or cause any emotional damage to our communities.'

Anyone caused 'emotional harm' by damage to this mawkish, out-of-place so-called 'artwork' needs psychiatric help... 

A spokesman for GMP said: 'Officers received a report around 1am on Wednesday 17 February 2021 of two males urinating against a George Floyd mural in Stevenson Square, Manchester.

'Officers attended and two men, both aged 22, were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage. They remain in custody for questioning.'

Unless they were aliens with acid urine, I think any competent solicitor will be able to prove no 'damage' has occurred that wouldn't be erased with a mop.