Friday, 1 August 2008

‘Dismay’ – It’s Selective In Coroner’s Courts

A motorcyclist crashed and died while being pursued by police patrol officers who should not have been chasing him, an inquest has heard.

Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore said he was 'dismayed' that the two officers had committed two breaches of the pursuit protocol and did not know what the rules were.
Hmm, ‘dismayed’ at that, but not apparently dismayed that the motorcyclist had no front brakes, was drunk, was speeding, failed to halt when the police asked (twice), and therefore wrapped himself round a tree…
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5 comments:

  1. Longrider1 August 2008 at 14:41

    Deserving of a Darwin award, that one.

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  2. Anonymous1 August 2008 at 14:49

    Yup.

    But all the 'Mail' cares about is that two police officers didn't have the 'tick in the box' they needed to put the blue flashers on...

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  3. Anonymous1 August 2008 at 21:25

    "the motorcyclist had no front brakes, was drunk, was speeding, failed to halt when the police asked (twice), and therefore wrapped himself round a tree"

    Perhaps he was a "libertarian" like your mate Guido Fawkes.

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  4. Anonymous1 August 2008 at 21:40

    "Perhaps he was a "libertarian" like your mate Guido Fawkes."

    *rolls eyes*

    Is it a full moon tonight? Must check...

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  5. Longrider1 August 2008 at 22:19

    Perhaps he was a "libertarian" like your mate Guido Fawkes.

    No, he was just fucking stupid and deserved all that happened to him.

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