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AIBU to expect the Police to investigate a woman being assaulted by a customer at work?

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user47 · 22/08/2024 13:44

https://x.com/zahra_etc/status/1826345775498215685

She serves his food and he hits her with a plate. The police do not view CCTV and let him go. Apparently "people make mistakes". WTF is going on in this country?

The police do not give a shit about women and girls. As shown by their glib attitude: https://x.com/metpoliceuk/status/1826569459969970586

We are not safe on the train, at work, in our homes. How the fuck is this is the state of "Equality" in the UK 2024?

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https://x.com/zahra_etc/status/1826345775498215685

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Arconialiving · 25/08/2024 18:24

It is shocking that they didn't investigate and take further action. Thankfully social media being used for good has made them take another look so I hope they find him & he gets convicted!

larklane17 · 25/08/2024 18:24

That's an absolute disgrace. It seems that you have to go to the press to get any kind of action.

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Allthegoodnamesaretaken92 · 25/08/2024 17:25

Police are too busy fielding reports form mumsnetters “logging with 101” (just been on another thread where multiple posters were advising the police when no crime had been committed)

more seriously, I have had a couple of dealings with the met and they just don’t investigate. Whether they are overwhelmed, or what is going on I don’t know. But they couldn’t be arsed with a serious assault or an arson, both with clear evidence, so fuck knows what they are overwhelmed with.

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Igmum · 22/08/2024 14:33

Of course the Police should have investigated and yes, I'd be worried about his wife and child as well.

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user47 · 22/08/2024 14:02

It also seems likely that this man will hit his wife, and other women - if he has no hesitation hitting a waitress in the face when he is in a public place and on CCTV.

I cannot get my head around the Police doing nothing.

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user47 · 22/08/2024 13:50

When I was a waitress at Pizza Express in the 1990s a chef physically removed a man who groped me from the restaurant and threw him down the steps. I was horrified by the violence then but not I feel grateful someone did something. Fucking hell.
What is the matter with the Police? Why do they hate women so much, so many of them are women, they all have mothers, many have wives..... why is it so deep rooted?

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