We don’t know the circumstances so we can’t judge. I know a lot of police officers and I know they are exhausted and worn out from being constantly understaffed, underpaid and under supported from all sides. They meet the worst in humanity on a day to day basis. The things they see would give you nightmares. Honestly! I came to this post about 2 minutes after reading the post below. This is one example of what they have to deal with on a daily basis and it’s only when something big like Southport happens that it gets in the press so it’s no wonder that sometimes they don’t have the patience of a saint.
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿-𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 – 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗲
The Southport stabbings horrified the country. Three girls murdered. Dozens injured.
The next evening, outside Southport Islamic Society, a violent mob gathered and turned on police.
Sergeant Phillip Sinclair stood on the frontline, hours after escorting two of those girls to the morgue. Then he was hit in the head with a brick.
It was thrown by Kevin Clark, a thug from Wigan with 33 previous offences. He didn’t stop at one – he threw over 20 bricks at police.
As Sinclair collapsed bleeding, the mob cheered. One shouted “one down”. His daughter saw it live on her phone.
Eight months on, Sinclair is still on crutches, in daily pain, and told he’ll never return to the job he loved. His son helps him out the bath. His wife helps him dress. His career – and his independence – gone.
Most people mourned the stabbings. This mob came to fight.
Clark got three and a half years. He’ll likely serve two.
They didn’t care what Sinclair had done the day before. Didn’t care he was a father. They saw a uniform and chose violence.
The court heard Clark was at the front of the mob. Even after hitting Sinclair, he kept throwing bricks.
He gave everything to that uniform. The court gave Clark a sentence that wouldn’t scare a shoplifter.
People should be ashamed. But they won’t be. Because shame takes decency – and there was none that night.
Our thoughts are with Sergeant Sinclair and his family. He deserved better. And so do the officers still putting on the uniform, knowing this could happen to them too.
[📸 Credit Merseyside Police]