Cressida Dick to step down as Met. Police Chief

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Just that really.

Now I know what the hastag #DickOut was about....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-60340525

@FindingMeno

Those who think she can't take responsibility for everything that goes on....Well, yes and no. Those responsible for appalling behaviour are the individuals who are, and will carry on, behaving like that, because they believe they can. Dick is responsible for not weeding the wrongdoers out and holding them to account. She gets paid a lot to take that responsibility.

It's quite right that she should go.

Well it’s a relief they’ve found a woman to blame for the men’s behaviour. I guess that’s one benefit they have when putting a woman in charge.

I think there are about 30,000 met officers. How can one person be held responsible for than number of people.
The media repeat and repeat the problems, where is a list of the many good thing the met have done.
It would be a bit like the minister for education leaving because one teacher was prosecuted for having child porn on his pc.
Or the head of the armed forces resigning because one soldier did something bad.
Changes are needed but there is no one in the wings to implement them.

But the early reports suggested that Sadiq Khan was unhappy with her proposed strategy to effect change which ran to a few pages. The implication was that she hadn’t taken on board what had been asked of her. She appeared to resign because she felt she’d done enough and could do no more. And I think that fits with what we’ve seen of her response in other areas, a failure to read the room and respond accordingly. At this level you need to be able to operate on that level. Yes, blaming a woman for the behaviour of men feels inherently wrong but failing to recognise the seriousness of the issue and treat it accordingly would have forced his hand if she hadn’t jumped ship. So I see this as her failing, not his, her choice to refuse to engage.

thedancingbear

I'm sorry - you can't simply say that the Sarah Everard vigil shows that the Met is institutionally misogynistic

This was a complex gathering. The vast majority were there for a peaceful vigil, but some were not.

There was one person who tried to take over the vigil for an anti-vax demonstration. There was one person who brought a can of spray paint and covered a police van with it. There were others who who began banging and crashing onto a police van.

The crowd dynamic changed at one point. The vast majority were fine - but a few were not.

How did you want the police to react to that?

Or should the police have not been present at all and hope for the best that members of the public don't get injured?

The Met would save millions if they took a step back at marches /vigils/ etc but when people with an axe to grind - whether football supporters/ BLM/ Patestinian supporters/ ExtReb/ or just men looking for a fight.

Unfortunately when the stampede happens, or the innocent speaker is stabbed or the rape happens - the police are to blame. How do you police something which might or might not kick off ?? Imposssible to please all the people (virtually any) of the time as they mostly consist of 1000s of people with different wishes.

Exactly - and you will always have a group of people in among the genuine people who are heel bent on causing problems.