Police sorry for inquiry 'hurt'
A senior Scotland Yard officer apologised to the family for "any hurt" caused by the earlier inquiry...Labour MP for Poplar and Canning Town Jim Fitzpatrick said "When there is a violent attack, such as has been reported on Mr Woodhams in January, one would have hoped that steps would have been taken to make sure there wasn't a repetition".
Apologising for 'any hurt'. Isn't that the standard response for when feelings have been offended? I know the IPCC are investigating. I know that police have to prioritise but I can think of fairly few offences that should have a higher priority than a life-threatening violent attack by strangers.
People are sick and tired of the intimidation by these gangs of pointless aggressive teenage boys, posturing with their imagined masculinity and demanding 'respec', lacking actual role models from their absent fathers and taking their model of masculinity from the shit in low rent telly.
And then an extraordinary story from Austria: Austrian girl 'found' after years. Unbelievable. Imagine the overwhelming emotions her family must be feeling. The indescribable joy that she has returned. And yet the fear at the psychological damage. Scared to ask her what happened, knowing that she will be a desperately changed person, grief at the lost years. Knowing that healing will take eight years again, at least. But above all, irrespective of the qualms about the future, can there be a happier family anywhere tonight?
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