Support for police
Sir, — Superintendent Twentyman, replying to my previous letter, says that it is “an occupational hazard for the police to receive complaints.” The Courts, also, apparently take this i view: in practice, the word of a policeman is always ■ given far greater weight i than that of even a “respectiable” member of the public. 'The channels for inI vestigation of complaints 'mentioned by Mr Twentyman are al! very well — but they are all held in private, with no guarantee of independent witnesses, or justice being seen to be done. In a recent case, a complaint of assault, against a police officer, was “investigated” in less than 24 hours with no independent witnesses ques-
tioned. The police “found” that no assault had taken place. No other professional organisations investigate criminal complaints against their own members. When the violence of a few members of the community justifies police violence agair.it any offender, then fascism is one step closer. — Yours etc., LONG LIVE FREEDOM. October 24, 1974. [No further letters on this subject will be accepted —Editor]
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33675, 26 October 1974, Page 16
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