I have not heard from the police yet
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by Jackie Danicki
I was attacked on Friday, and while I didn’t necessarily expect to hear from the investigating officer at the weekend, I certainly expected to hear from them by close of business today. At the very least, I was promised they would want the picture from me ASAP. I guess ASAP means “whenever”.
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A very frightening experience and I think what makes it more frightening is that other passengers do nothing to intervene. The tube trains and buses need to be equipped with fast response alarms and the tube train personnel need to react speedily to such incidents. Once upon a time a railway guard would patrol up and down the carriages. The offender has been exposed so theoretically it should not take the police long to locate him. But I bet he’ll get off with a caution.
Sorry again to hear about your trauma but remember when you wake tomorrow you will still be beautiful and intelligent in opposition to your attacker who is physically repulsive and mentally challenged.
Best of luck for the future!!!!
My experience of the police is that they’re not interested in investigating anything except murder and racism. When my then girlfriend and I were stuck in my flat in Glasgow while thugs tried to break down the door and shouted threats at us (for no apparent reason, by the way — it wasn’t like they’d chased us down the street or anything — the smashing at the door just started one afternoon — they broke into the empty flat below mine, then started on mine) the police turned up fairly quickly. Far from arresting them, cautioning them, or even acknowledging that some sort of “crime” might have occurred, the officer criticised me for not letting them in. I wish I was making this up.
So don’t hold your breath.
SqII: My God! I’m speehless. What was his argument, if any, for letting them in?
[…] Same story as yesterday. Again, the assault was on Friday, which is when I reported the crime and was assured that the investigating officer would be in touch very soon, as time is of the essence in these things, they wanted the picture I took, etc. […]
About that arseholish officer SqII mentioned; I doubt he had an actual ‘argument’, he just finds dealing with the public tedious and said the first thing that came into his idiot mind. You’d be shocked how many policeman are like that. Jackie mentioned how at first the police requested she let them have the camera she used for evidence, which she refused to do - I’ll bet that the police officer thought, ‘right, not going to bother much with this case then’, Not that complying with their request would have made much difference. Whether they had the camera or not, same result, the police put as much effort in as they do with other ‘non-serious’ cases.
I was physically assaulted a few years ago at Shepherds Bush underground, it resulted in me having to have three operations to repair the damage caused to my face. The police only interviewed me once, didn’t even bother taking a description of my attacker, the camera’s in the station weren’t even switched on. I never heard anything from them again.
I think I felt the assault was my fault as had stopped my attackers from stealing from a shop, so I just let the police inaction pass. But looking back on it now, I wish I’d pushed them harder to do something.
I pleased that feel angry enough to get justice, I only wish I had at the time.
If assault is allowed to go unpunished, I see no problem in carrying a stun-gun and zapping the living shit out of anyone who starts on me, and so I will from here on in. I doubt there really that hard to get hold of :???:
Good point Joe.
I have recently moved away from London to try and protect my 4 year old daughter from growing up there. I lived in the East of London from birth to the age of 25 and even I couldn’t stand it any more.