Reply #30: Yeah bit it was an "unprecedented event" or did you not hear?

[Tinoire]

That's what they said in LA when Rodney King got the crap beaten out of him- an "unprecedented event". It's only looks like an unprecedented event to gloopy White people who are part of the protected class. Delbo King, Babar Ahmad and a ton of un-WHITEs living in the UK will tell us that's BS. Since 1998, both the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (ECPT) & Amnesty International have been calling for the establishment of an independent agency to investigate complaints of police brutality in England and Wales. Sheesh, we're talking about a police force that left Stephen Lawrence to bleed to death on the streets of London.

"British Government inaction on police abuse of power has been criticised by international treaty bodies on several occasions; so far the Government has failed to act on the recommendations put forward," Amnesty International said.

"How many more reports will it take before the Government acts to bring police practice in line with international standards?" asked the organization.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR450072000?open&of=ENG-2U3

Unprecedented event MY SWEET BLACK ASS.

Thursday, March 4th, 1999
Police Brutality in the U.K.

The British government recently released a report that found that London's police force is rife with "pernicious and institutionalized racism." The report was a response to the 1993 killing of Stephen Lawrence, a Black man who was stabbed to death by a gang of racist white youths in the Eltham section of Southeast London. A botched police investigation of the murder and a failure to bring Lawrence's killers to justice has resulted in a massive public outcry throughout the U.K.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/0357222

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United Kingdom: Police brutality must be addressed

The call for the creation of a fully fledged independent agency to investigate complaints against police brutality in England and Wales by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (ECPT) should be taken seriously by the UK Government, Amnesty International said.

Amnesty International has been concerned for many years about allegations of ill-treatment and excessive use of force by police officers in the UK and has in the past expressed concern over shortcomings in the investigation of such cases.

The ECPT report strongly criticizes the UK system of dealing with police ill-treatment, which has often resulted in police officers not being brought to justice even when victims have been awarded damages.

In 1998, the United Nations Committee Against Torture, to which Amnesty International submitted a briefing of its concerns, expressed similar criticism of the UK Government. The criticism included the apparent failure to provide for an effective investigative mechanism to deal with allegations of police abuse as well as a failure to report publicly in a timely manner.

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"British Government inaction on police abuse of power has been criticised by international treaty bodies on several occasions; so far the Government has failed to act on the recommendations put forward," Amnesty International said.

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http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR450072000?open&of=ENG-2U3