[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Derek S

Or maybe, just maybe in the heat of the moment when fireworks, bottles and anything else is flying about one of the cops wung his baton/radio/lead filled cosh/crowbar and caught Peach on the head causing him to stumble away.

The "heat of the moment" defence is no excuse at all, especially when so many members of the SPG were nothing more than hired thugs, using the job for an excuse to have a ruck. Not only did the officer who dealt the fatal blow not come forward, five others conspired to hide the truth. I wonder if those illegal weapons, which were recovered from police officers' lockers, could be tested for DNA evidence, but seeing as the investigation is closed, it is unlikely there will be a concerted effort to find out; if the evidence still exists.

Watch pretty much any footage of riots and you'll see at times the Police having to get the batons out and start hitting people, they don't have time to ask for names and addresses afterwards

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Then perhaps indiscriminate beatings of the general public should be curtailed until those who carry out this summary justice properly trained in how to beat someone to death after they establish their identity, because surely they need to put something on the toe-tag.

Oh and you still haven't answered this part of my earlier question.

Sorry, I assumed such a question was rhetorical, because as you know I have know idea abut how to command a battalion of riot police. But then neither do you, or I assume you would be doing that job yourself. But suffice to say, I would not expect them to be carrying illegal weapons nor to hide their own badge numbers so they cannot be identified after they beat someone on the head with a lead filled cosh.