Season's Greedings
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Interesting Rental News
Good news if you have a job! The only likely move that I'll be making is into a metaphorical cardboard box along with the rest of the unemployed in this city...
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How they handle it in the U.K.
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LONDON — A police officer accused of striking a woman at a protest against the G20 summit in London in April is likely to be charged with assault, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Monday.
London police sergeant Delroy Smellie is scheduled to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London on November 16 in connection with the alleged assault of 35-year-old Nicola Fisher.
The incident took place as Fisher headed to a vigil for Ian Tomlinson, who collapsed and died during the previous day’s G20 demonstrations shortly after being hit by police.
That officer was subsequently suspended and questioned on suspicion of manslaughter.
“The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that there is sufficient evidence to charge Police Sergeant Delroy (Tony) Smellie with the offence of assault by the beating of Nicola Fisher on April 2, 2009, at a demonstration in the City of London,” a statement from the service said.
The CPS said it had reviewed a file of evidence provided by the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, following their investigation into Fisher’s allegation, and a court summons had been issued.
The Metropolitan Police had already suspended Smellie pending the probe and the force said Monday that it would be “completely inappropriate” to comment further on the case.
Tomlinson’s death prompted widespread criticism of the police and sparked a review of how forces handle demonstrations.
LONDON — A police officer accused of striking a woman at a protest against the G20 summit in London in April is likely to be charged with assault, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Monday.
London police sergeant Delroy Smellie is scheduled to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London on November 16 in connection with the alleged assault of 35-year-old Nicola Fisher.
The incident took place as Fisher headed to a vigil for Ian Tomlinson, who collapsed and died during the previous day’s G20 demonstrations shortly after being hit by police.
That officer was subsequently suspended and questioned on suspicion of manslaughter.
“The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that there is sufficient evidence to charge Police Sergeant Delroy (Tony) Smellie with the offence of assault by the beating of Nicola Fisher on April 2, 2009, at a demonstration in the City of London,” a statement from the service said.
The CPS said it had reviewed a file of evidence provided by the police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission, following their investigation into Fisher’s allegation, and a court summons had been issued.
The Metropolitan Police had already suspended Smellie pending the probe and the force said Monday that it would be “completely inappropriate” to comment further on the case.
Tomlinson’s death prompted widespread criticism of the police and sparked a review of how forces handle demonstrations.
Things that freak me out, Part I
Cow-Molesting Cop Gets Off
The judge in the case, James J. Morley, just before going home and beginning an inevitable slide into full-blown alcoholism, ruled that there was no way to tell if the cows Melia was molesting were in fact being "tormented." Yes, you heard that correctly. Who's to say they didn't like it?
"If the cow had the cognitive ability to form thought and speak, would it say, 'Where's the milk? I'm not getting any milk,'" Judge Morley explained, instantly winning the award for the most disturbing thing anyone's said ever.
Prosecutors, on the other hand, argue that Melia's actions were a "crime against nature."
The judge in the case, James J. Morley, just before going home and beginning an inevitable slide into full-blown alcoholism, ruled that there was no way to tell if the cows Melia was molesting were in fact being "tormented." Yes, you heard that correctly. Who's to say they didn't like it?
"If the cow had the cognitive ability to form thought and speak, would it say, 'Where's the milk? I'm not getting any milk,'" Judge Morley explained, instantly winning the award for the most disturbing thing anyone's said ever.
Prosecutors, on the other hand, argue that Melia's actions were a "crime against nature."
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