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A police officer has died

ACAB | 25.10.2011 08:26 | Policing | Public sector cuts | Terror War | World

after he was struck by a lorry while helping a woman whose car had broken down on the hard shoulder.PC Mark Goodlad, 41, was airlifted to hospital following the accident on the M1 between junctions 40 and 39, but died from his injuries.West Yorkshire Police Federation chairman Andrew Tempest-Mitchell said: "It is a sad day for West Yorkshire Police who have lost a dedicated officer who has been killed doing a very dangerous job."It was my understanding he was a very experienced road traffic officer."


It is understood the officer was married with one child and had been in the force for 10 years.Tributes to the officer were posted on the internet within hours of his death.
One tweet said: "How sad, no-one should die doing their job."
The HGV driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police Sir Norman Bettison said: "People sometimes overlook the real essence of policing."We exist to protect the public from threat and harm. Sometimes it is about crime, sometimes disorder.
"Today it was about the dangerous environment of the motorway.
Mark paid the ultimate sacrifice and we are all proud of him and are saddened by his loss.
Our thoughts and sympathy are with Mark's family. We shall try to be there for them as Mark was there for the public at large."
Isn`t it amazing what bollocks they tell us about these violent, self centred psychopaths.Look back to see how many of these c**ts have been hauled before the courts & disiplinary committeess this year! I`ve NEVER met a decent copper. The reason they join, is because they are nasty violent thugs who want to terrorise people through fear & intimidation. They justify their violence, with the excuse tthat they are only doing their jobs, or, are just following orders. This c**t probably thought he was invincible & walked in front of a lorry, trying to impress the lady. Now they will try to blame the death on a poor unfortunate lorry driver only doing his job. One less copper.

ACAB

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The hypocrisy...

25.10.2011 08:39

...on here is stunning. If someone said, "I have never met a nice Muslim/black/gypsy," you would have been up in arms. Yet it is fine to make sweeping generalisations about the police, who, incidentally, you have probably only met when you have been in the process of breaking things that don't belong to you.

AH


Seek help

25.10.2011 08:46

ACAB - get some mental health help, you need it man,.

just a person


Factually correct

25.10.2011 09:07

I suspect that you`re trolling police & I``ve hit a nerve. Not at all, the reason I`m so anti police is because on a few occasions I have been the victim of crime & the police have done jack shit about it.
In fact on the last occasion, telling me that a crime hadn`t been committed when I`d been burguled. Before you go on, no I didn`t do anything for them to "dislike" me. That`s just the way the system works, do as they say and not as they do. At the end of the day, it`s a job they CHOOSE to do.
Just like these idiots who join the armed forces to kill people, oh sorry, to "protect" and serve democracy, shity, shit, blah,blah. They join up to kill or br killed. If they kill "the enemy" they¬re heros and if they get half their limbs blown off it`s the tax paying public that foots the bill for them being shit at their jobs. Before you start, yep, I`m a tax paying worker. Glad my rant got your blood flowing and the old grey matter working though.
See you on the streets.

ACAB


Indy mods please remove

25.10.2011 09:12

Blatant troll post - EDL trying to smear Indymedia

Transparency


please remove

25.10.2011 09:37

this isn't news. indy mods please take this down.

a


I have some sympathy with ACAB's point of view...

25.10.2011 09:41

...having been on the receiving end of violence from some of these jumped-up thugs. It might be a bit crass to point it out now, but hey, a lot of people hate the police for various reasons.

And as someone else has pointed out, the difference between generalising about police, and generalising about groups like blacks, gays, gypsies, etc. is that you choose to be a cop, but you don't choose your ethnic or cultural background.

Maybe he was a nice guy and tried to do a good job, but he was still a cop, and even if they start out good they are going to get corrupted by the power.

anon


Pls remove ASAP

25.10.2011 10:16

Probably trollying... I hope. You don't call a dead man names. This is insulting the family and bringing down the reputation of the activists.
Not all cops are bastards, I met (very few) good ones. Some are bastards, most just 'obey orders'.

ACAB? ASAP


This post is a set-up

25.10.2011 10:20

I've seen and personally been on the receiving end of police violence, but, as the post says, this copper was killed "while helping a woman whose car had broken down". If Indy mods think it's OK to celebrate this death, would Indy mods let trolls post-up celebrating deaths of cops who arrest and jail child rapists and mass-murderers FFS?

If Indy mods don't remove this they're (sorry, but) stupid beyond belief. Have the nous to realise when you're being set-up

Marco


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