Video being shared online shows a female officer screaming after she is hit by a black 4x4 Range Rover chasing down robbery suspects in Mitcham at 10am on Tuesday. She yells in pain as she is wedged between the back of another police car and an oncoming vehicle as it comes to a stop.
The oncoming vehicle being driven by...one of her colleagues!
A Met spokesman said: “During the operation a police officer was injured in a traffic collision involving a police vehicle. The injured officer was taken to hospital for treatment to injuries that are not life threatening.
“We are aware of video footage relating to this incident circulating on social media and ask that this footage is not shared further to avoid compromising the ongoing investigation.”
Yeah, I'm sure that's your primary concern...
6 comments:
Does this mean that we can now do the same to 'insulate Britain' loonies?
Julia, I agree with you that the Police's plea is probably less to do with the judicial process and much more to do with saving the police from embarrassment.
"...even more of a laughing stock than we (plod) are already."
The daily news is awash with fresh plod criminality/incompetence/hypocrisy/ignorance and side-splitting gaffes. Each snippet is an unconscious attempt to be more of a laughing stock than they are and I suggest that the pinnacle is just possible.
"Does this mean that we can now do the same to 'insulate Britain' loonies?"
Unless someone gets a grip soon, that's going to happen. And then the poor driver will feel the full force of the 'justice' system that they've escaped so far.
"...and much more to do with saving the police from embarrassment."
I don't doubt it for a second!
The Range Rover referred to in the article is actually a BMW X5.
Yours in pedantry,
AH
"The Range Rover referred to in the article is actually a BMW X5."
Oh, lord, they get worse!
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