From: alaidh@yahoo.com (Fitzhugh MacCrae)

"Excuse the language used by the writer, he has some rightful grievances, what with being in prison for something that someone else admitted and got convicted for!

His views of the British police are quite close to what we have come to see as "business as usual" here in the States...and his response to this is quite similiar to that of most of us on this list.

The good part is that we can see first hand that we are not alone in this, or in our reactions.

Thats something, I guess....

Miscarriages of JusticeUK (MOJUK)
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'One life sentence would have been enough as no matter how hard the prison service try, they can only make him serve one of these sentences.'

Dear MOJUK

Two weeks ago on radio 4 news, there was an interview with a policeman and he was complaining to the country at large that the police were finding it very difficult to gain convictions these days in the courts. It obviously did not occur to him that one of the reasons could be that the wrong person had been arrested and the evidence did not fit, even after they had tampered with it.

In the 'Good old days', this would not have been so much of a problem because the police simply battered a confession our of the arrested person. The courts accepted this as perfectly normal practice, of course, and this sort of behavior went on with impunity. Accusations of police brutality were largely ignored. Things have improved recently, in that they are doing it less, but not by much and not enough to say that it has stopped, won't happen again, or that any use of wrongful force by the police will be punished.

Then, this fine guardian of the law, (as fine a man who ever lied to a jury, as do his counterparts, who everyday in every court in the land, put their hand upon the bible and swear to tell the truth and then without pausing for breath, proceed to lie their hearts out) went on to complain that prison sentences were not tough enough. The fact that the day before some poor fucker was sentenced to twenty eight life sentences had completely passed him by. And sentences don't come any tougher than this no matter what the crime. (One life sentence would have been enough as no matter how hard the prison service try, they can only make him serve one of these sentences).

Then, this excellent figure of public esteem, said that gun-related crimes were rising and this is forcing the wonderful 'British bobby' to go about armed, much against their will. Of course. It obviously had not occurred to this fool that the very fact that the police are going about the place armed to teeth is the very reason that people are going about armed too!

The general public's perception of our so-called wonderful police force, (the envy of the civilised world) is of a police man or woman, benignly strolling around the streets completely unarmed and defenceless.

Bollocks! the truth is that the police force are strutting the streets, dressed in paramilitary style clothing, wearing bullet proof vests, trousers tapered and tucked into highly polished, calf high boots, equipment belts around their waists containing radios, handcuffs, mace, ammunition and carrying automatic weapons slung across their chests. They saunter about in all this megalomanical splendour.

But look closely at their faces. and you will see they're 'looking for some poor bastard to upset or annoy them so that they can open fire.

Consequently, some people are carrying weapons themselves, because if this murderous police force are going to start shooting, some people are going to fucking-well shoot back.

There have been dozens of recent cases where the police have slaughtered innocent people on the streets and even in their own homes.

Have any of these killers, spent one single fucking minute in a cell, been charged with murder, GBH, assault, been sacked? (answers on the back of a postage stamp).

Is it likely that anyone of them are going to be sent to jail to join us who shouldn't be here, not fucking likely. Well to be fair, you can't start sending the police force to jail, there isn't any room for them. Though there would be if the government were to release all those wrongfully imprisoned and there are estimated to be over 5,000 people in prison who should not.

Lastly this arsehole wanted more power for the police! At present they have the power of life and death over the rest of us, they can even have us kidnapped, how much more power do these sad. sick, lunatics want?

Frank Wilkinson (R60852)
HMP Full Sutton
Moor Lane
York
YO4 1PS
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