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Originally Posted by Chris
I don't see the problem here. The IPCC Press Office seems to have been passing on information, when asked, in good faith. It did not proactively issue information until it was reasonably sure of the facts. Certainly, no reference to Duggan firing first appeared in any press release put out by the IPCC.
If journalists will insist on off-the-cuff briefings to feed their 24-hour operations, they are going to have to expect information released while an enquiry is barely begun to be preliminary and unreliable.
And yet, all the main media outlets are suddenly throwing the word "misled" around as if giving duff information to pushy hacks was some sort of a criminal offence.
The British media, the Press media in particular, is sitting in its very own glass house at the moment, and it had better think twice before throwing rocks at the IPCC or anyone else.
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My post was deliberately sarcastic. I was trying to make the point, perhaps not very well, that sometimes mistakes are made, genuine mistakes. Sometimes these can have serious consequences, sometimes not but, given the intolerable pressure they work under, I think it'd be nice if the police were cut a little more slack when they get things wrong.
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Originally Posted by Mick
R.I.P Richard Mannington Bowes.
It was mentioned this in a debate and I cannot remember where I watched this now but they were talking about how some of these rioters are turning up at court, dressed in the full blown chav gear, tracksuits and the like. Kinda shows the lack of respect for authority, when criminals show up in normal every day wears.
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Yes RIP to him and the three guys mown down by that car. People doing what we're always told we should be doing - being good citizens. I hope plaques will be erected to honour their memory and sacrifice.