I think it's traditional to say "Seal Team 6" rather than "assassins" at this point.
This is a soft-left wing newspaper that's generally quite critical of the police. The numbers of convictions amd sackings are quite interesting. I think there's a lot of room for improvement but we're starting from a MUCH better place than the US or even Aus.
The 70% increase in convictions does not mean there's an increase in Police bad actors. It's an increase in pursuing convictions against them.
Eh. Let's not gatekeep what being a man is. :p
The only one of those I'm familiar with is Menenez and the officers genuinely believed he had explosives. It was a fucked up situation and I do think they probably should have suffered more consequences. But honestly there's room for a little nuance.
British cops are not routinely armed so shooting generally is a LOT rarer.
I guarantee you that his career in the police is over. It'll be interesting to find out more about the context, there's clearly already been a lot of violence happening to the cops before the video starts. I'm certainly expecting criminal prosecution against him.
Yes. This is the UK. The officer is fucked. Exactly how fucked depends on the context which we don't really have yet.
Just for context, this is in the UK so the officer WILL be prosecuted and punished accordingly.
It is worth noting that other officers at the scene had a broken nose and other injuries before this happened. It doesn't excuse what he does but there's certainly a lot more to the story here.
He identified as a man and his chosen pronouns are he/him. The right love it when we clarify this.