PCs suspended over photos of murder scene

Those poor women

I hope those who took the pictures are sacked and jailed.

Too bloody right, Quentin. Absolutely spot on.

Otherwise the argument is weakened if it does later transpire that female officers were involved.
Oh shut up. That's not the most important fact here.
Bibaa and Nicole did not deserve to be treated like that and the fact they were black women is probably why they were. Because they are seen as less than human.
I have money on that it would be male police officers. But for me the patriarchy is about misogyny and women can uphold patriarchal views as much as men

Lettera I think the officers in question most likely are male. But, in a thread on the Feminism board that is specifically about male attitudes to/objectification of women, one has to be certain about the sex of the perpetrators. Otherwise the argument is weakened if it does later transpire that female officers were involved.

It makes me wonder that if those police officers are so lacking in basic decency and empathy to take photos like this, what other key human qualities are they also missing?
Utterly vile.

I was just coming on here to post about this after I saw a post on facebook.

These poor women and their families. No respect.

And at a time of Black Lives Matter another shockingly awful example of police being seen to treat people from BAME communities from thoughtless sloppiness to outright racism.

It is no consolation to the family but if any of you haven't seen please take a look at the photo taken of the women dancing together with fairy lights what must have been very shortly before they were killed.
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And dont let their horrible end overwrite them and their lives.

RIP Nicole and Bibaa

You're right, @LillianBlandLillian, they should be jailed, and you're right, @theconstantinoplegardener, I don't think the sex of the officers is specified. However, the two victims were women. I would have hoped that police getting multiple reports that two women were missing and that this was out of character would have acted quickly, but no. The fact that they were black adds another layer of possible prejudice here.

A dreadful act by these officers, and I hate to quibble over a technicality, but I don't think the article you linked to actually specifies the sex of the police officers involved, does it? Unless I am missing something. And as this has been posted on the feminism board, I think it's a significant detail that we need to be sure about

They should be jailed. After all, there was a man, rightfully jailed for doing similar. These so called upholders of the law should be held to a higher standard, so should be punished appropriately.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/man-jailed-sharing-photo-dead-grenfell-tower-fire-victim-facebook/

Just listening to the report on this on Channel 4 News. It's horrific. The IOPC is investigating:

• alleged failure of the Met to take the family/friends seriously when they first reported these women missing - this led the boyfriend of one of the missing women to start searching and he found the bodies in the park, exactly where they were last seen, as reported to the police.

• two police officers who attended the crime scene put inappropriate pictures, which seem to have included the women's bodies, on a WhatsApp group, where they were seen by members of the public.

I can't think of any possible justification of that. I hope they're sacked.