Prosser, the prisoner kicked to death, was unlawfully killed.
What a strange verdict after being told by prison vincers that notning or tae sort took place. Even the decided that there enougn evidence to com friendly screw, Melvyn Jackson, for trial.
The campaign against the Plod on the Beat and the Screw in the Nick Clucitiv reaching scalldalous proportions.
Often a kind-hearted prison warder or police ofnicer tries prisoner get a good night's sleep. JUST because they bang the prisoner's head against the wall or kick his testicles is no reason for persecuting Ine lorces or law and order.
They only doing al C and there is shortage sleeping pills due to health service cut backs.
If all the allegations about police cruelty WCIC true, the jails would be so full of coppers that there woula be no room for all the people they have 'fitted up' This explains why the police investigate and uphold only two per cent of the complaints made against them.
They would do more, but so much of their time is taken up with necessary duties like re-cycling dope they have impounded, and arrestme oak vou oi charges that their days are quite full.
Assault The are COTTeN unfairly charged with not ed police assault by arranging medical examinations.
This is not because they want to cover thing up, , but because the police have a real sense of public duty and want to keep costs down and do not like spending money on doctors.
Unfortunately the enemies of law and order will not give up. They have pointed to the fact that last year more than twice the number of people died in custody than in 1979. This is nothing but a campaign of disruption against decent police officers.
The so-called victims went out of their way to get themselves arrested, and then provocatively died in custody in order to smear the police. Discredit Barrie Prosser obviously took a leaf out of their book. His stomaci was ruptured as was his oesophagus; he had elbow, groin, hands, hips face, eyes, and anus He managed achieve all this using only a DIISOl Halues. plastic drinking mug Diabolical SUCCBUIL knows no bounds wher people are determined ti discredit our prison vice.
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