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Cressinda Dick gave short shrift to the BBc's new drama the body Guard. When asked about it on Good morning Britain (TV) she said

" I switched off when who ever she is , the home secretary , seemed to be making a pass at the police protection officer, because I just thought , this is ridiculous . I have a lot of protection officers & I've got to look after them"

One protection officer was PC Paul Rice who was dismissed from his job in Nov' 2011 after starting a relationship with Laura Johnson when she was the wife of Home secretary Alan Johnson.

Sacking Rice the Met announced

"The behaviour displayed by the officer was unacceptable & as such the board has rightly sanctioned him for the abuse of his position of trust. He has damaged the rep of the MPS & the specialist discipline in which he worked"

The officer in charge of Rices dept, the specialist operations directorate, at the time was

Cressinda Dick

 

[EFLImpudence]

It was the woman who started it. They are both separated or divorced.

Doesn't a police seargent have to do what the Home Secretary tells him to if not illegal?

I don't remember him using any protection; perhaps that was what was wrong.

 

[ellal]

What do you expect from Dick...

She instigated/helped cover up the execution of de Menezes!

 

[Notch7]

What do you expect from Dick...

She instigated/helped cover up the execution of de Menezes!

Was there a cover up?

'executed' -why do you use that term?

 

[ellal]

Was there a cover up?

Yes...

'executed' -why do you use that term?

An innocent person killed by the state...

What term would you use?

 

[sodthisforfun]

Yes...

An innocent person killed by the state...

What term would you use?

What was the cover up?
From what I remember, it was an open verdict.

 

[JohnD]

If you've travelled on the London Underground, you will recall that it is littered with CCTV cameras.

On the day the innocent electrician was killed, the ones in the area were all "not working" so there were no recordings of his killing.

What an amazing coincidence.

You might recall that false stories were issued by the police saying that he had run down the passages wearing unusually bulky clothing, and jumped over barriers. Not true.

 

[ellal]

What was the cover up?
From what I remember, it was an open verdict.

Was anyone held accountable for the police lies at the time?

No - and Dick was promoted shortly afterwards!

How did the relevant CCTV footage 'disappear' - oops!

How did relevant surveillance reports 'disappear' - oops!

The state gets away with it because there are too many gullible people around who have taken the blue pill!

 

[Notch7]

Yes...

An innocent person killed by the state...

What term would you use?

It went to the highest court for European Court of human rights:

In a ruling, judges in Strasbourg concluded there had been a thorough investigation into Mr De Menezes’ death, which “concluded that there was insufficient evidence against any individual officer to prosecute”.


They found that the Crown Prosecution Service was not obligated to lower the evidence threshold under human rights laws where the state was involved in the killing.

“The decision not to prosecute any individual officer was not due to any failings in the investigation or the State’s tolerance of or collusion in unlawful acts,” the court said.

The decision by Europe’s highest human rights court brings to an end an 11-year legal saga which saw the police’s account of events rejected at an inquest.

 

[sodthisforfun]

If you've travelled on the London Underground, you will recall that it is littered with CCTV cameras.

On the day the innocent electrician was killed, the ones in the area were all "not working" so there were no recordings of his killing.

What an amazing coincidence.

You might recall that false stories were issued by the police saying that he had run down the passages wearing unusually bulky clothing, and jumped over barriers. Not true.

So clothing and running that were proven not true has nothing to do with a cover up?
Yes, the CCTV is an amazing coincidence, true.

Am no massive fan of the police and I think what they did that day was terrible, shooting someone so many times in the head. But it was an unprecedented situation, heightened fears and mistaken identity. It's not a job I would like to do - running towards (possible) danger.

 

[ellal]

It went to the highest court for European Court of human rights:

In a ruling, judges in Strasbourg concluded there had been a thorough investigation into Mr De Menezes’ death, which “concluded that there was insufficient evidence against any individual officer to prosecute”.


They found that the Crown Prosecution Service was not obligated to lower the evidence threshold under human rights laws where the state was involved in the killing.

“The decision not to prosecute any individual officer was not due to any failings in the investigation or the State’s tolerance of or collusion in unlawful acts,” the court said.

The decision by Europe’s highest human rights court brings to an end an 11-year legal saga which saw the police’s account of events rejected at an inquest.

Because evidence 'went missing'

But as you say, the 'police’s account of events was rejected at an inquest'!

Many innocent people over the years have died at the hands of the police - could you tell us how many police officers have been held to account?

 

[ellal]

But it was an unprecedented situation

I guess I must have imagined all those years of IRA terrorism then

 

[sodthisforfun]

I guess I must have imagined all those years of IRA terrorism then

IRA didn't blow themselves up in order to kill as many people next to them. This most certainly was something new on our soils.. They also often sent a warning to the cops. Terrorism yes, but not the same as ISIS inspired terrorism.

 

[Notch7]

Because evidence 'went missing

Interesting then that ECHR found 'no collusion'

The decision not to prosecute any individual officer was not due to any failings in the investigation or the State’s tolerance of or collusion in unlawful acts

Who might I believe, Ellal or European court of human rights. Mmmmm let me think about that for a nanosecond

 

[sodthisforfun]

Mmmmm let me think about that for a nanosecond

That long?!