MartyFunkhouser
Garth Crooks
I do worry that we are going to see the baby being thrown out with the bathwater here.
Huge strides have been made in improviing police behaviour in respect of things like racism and misogyny, but there is still a long way to go until there is true equality of treatment and outcome across the board.
Whatever decision making process was employed in this particular case needs to be investigated, as will happen through the IOPC enquiry.
Right now there seems to be a lot of knee-jerking as to 'this needs to change' or "that needs to change". Let's just see what the IOPC recommends before making changes which might be detrimental to the work that has been done thus far.
Its like anything in life when there is a tragic incident, is this truly indicative of the entire police force? I am unsure personally so I am keen to see what the IOPC reports, you can't fast forward to action on any of this so I don't see what the baying for blood does at such a time, but ultimately you want to see consequence and reform in play after such an event.
Unfortunately people can't separately the emotion from the reality, even when they are not directly involved or impacted, is this also indicative of the wider Sikh community? In my experience of being around it, absolutely not, but there needs a calm voice that says that, not one that calls for rage, not one that talks about cultural differences being at the heart of it, because this is the same community post Brexit who provided thousands of meals to lorry drivers who were impacted by Dover delays, which is ironic when you know where Brexit came form the the master voice with it all