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by foldr 5 days ago
Neither of those documents is actually a policy document, and neither says anything particularly objectionable, or anything that could possibly be used to justify handcuffing someone who’s requested medical attention and then leaving them to die.

> I have no idea what Elon Musk has to do with policing policy in the UK.

He has nothing to do with policing in the UK, but he has a lot to do with the content of a lot of the comments here.

> the police force has now acknowledged that their policy was wrong and led them to initially say that the incident was handled correctly

I couldn’t find a reference for this claim. Some context here, if anyone else is readying: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/03/police-anti-...

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Yes, it does. If you read it properly you will see that policy is to treat accusations of racism as accurate whenever they are made. The reason why the police didn't act was because he was accused of being a racist. Again, I am not sure what the argument is: everyone has accepted that this is the case, policing minister, the police force, everyone...apart from you and people who have some obscure political axe to grind.

The police issued a statement on Twitter, this was covered extensively...I am thinking that you are the type of person who is resistent to evidence that counters your opinion that you have just stopped being able to process information, you just loop through your feelings. In addition, it has also leaked that the statement they issued was dialled down significantly and the original line was to blame Nowak for being stabbed...again, this is because their policing policy was to accept any accusations of racism in full.

If you just read stuff properly, you would know all this and wouldn't find yourself backed into a corner arguing against all forms of reality.

Someone being accused of being a racist isn’t a logical reason to deny them medical care, regardless of whether or not you believe the accusation. There is no policy that could possibly be construed as requiring this. And your claims about what the linked “policy” says (again, not actually a policy) are becoming increasingly outlandish, as anyone can easily verify.

> The police issued a statement on Twitter, this was covered extensively.

I couldn’t find any statement that said anything like what you were claiming. Feel free to link it. This is the offical statement that I could find:

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/statement-regarding-ou...

Exactly.

In all cases the first priority of a police officer will be to preserve life.

There's no policy in place that would supercede this.

I'm stick of having to listen to these uniformed arguments. There's no good that comes from holding these views; only division.

At the the end of the day, you're just a common or garden racist.

The main problem, is that you're trying to intellectualise your prejudice; which is quite frankly dangerous.

You should be ashamed of yourself.