I kind of agree with this. I'm sure there are noble minded police officers but I think the point Bill is making about the heavy politicking within this case is valid. How many police officers break ranks and whistle blow external to their force? Of those who disagree internally, how many will go against an ACC?
http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,5566.msg243389.html#msg243389"So are you saying with all this in mind, ACC Simpson decided just to frame Jeremy Bamber cos the rellies were pestering him? Really? It doesn't make sense and it doesn't hold water. Sorry!"
Roch
I would not dispute a person’s right to change his or her view, but it is worth noting that Caroline was, formerly, strongly opposed to the position she represents now. Ironically, a pro guilt poster from the red forum called big-goolies held the opinion Caroline has recently taken up. Here is Caroline’s reply and it’s not without a tone of impatience and sarcasm.
http://jeremybamberforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,3961.msg164033.html#msg164033"Then why are you asking the question again? It's not about 'sway'. IF (and I do say IF) Sheila had been killed by one of the police officers, they couldn't afford to have that revealed.
The relatives (or RWB) went above the investigating officers heads - it was obvious they weren't going to drop the idea about Jeremy, so it would have been only a matter of time before the whole mess was uncovered.”
The use of slogans.If have a criticism to make of Caroline, it’s that, since her change of position, she has shown an inclination to misrepresent her opponent’s point of view in a way which tends to make it sound ridiculous. It’s a habit I associate with Steve_uk.
“They framed him because they thought he was guilty, not because they thought he was innocent.”
That is a propaganda slogan which she has used on a few occasions and not a fair representation of the position she formerly held with but now rejects.
DS Jones did not know Bamber was innocent. It is important to remember that the policemen who are alleged to have fabricated evidence against Bamber are not the same ones who would have known he is innocent. The raid team members had nothing to do with the silencer evidence, so she should really stop coming out with rubbish which she knows full well is just a distraction.
Nobody needs to say that Stan Jones knew that Bamber was innocent. It appears that he did not. In the simplest terms, the people who allegedly did the framing were not the same group who knew he was innocent.
On the other hand the framing may have been
authorised by a person who knew that Bamber was innocent. It is false to mock the notion of such a possibility, as Caroline does. Such things are known to have happened.