Send the Marines.

Sometimes karma happens quickly.

I am disgusted at the above story. It is a self-indulgent display of cost-effective and commonsense policing. If a dead mugger turned up in this country, I would hope for the killer to spend a night in the cells being interviewed by two cops with their sleeves rolled up and then to face the full wrath of the law (ie go to jail for a couple of weeks).

At the very least, I would expect a Public Inquiry. (One of the downsides of a regular Inquiry is that a Public Inquiry always has to be held afterwards, to involve all the pressure groups and newspapers who missed the boat the first time.) The P.I. should include the following:

• At least one Chief Constable saying that the police take these matters seriously.
• The Prime Minister promising there will not be a whitewash.
• A whitewash.
  
• Two or three arrests timed strategically.
• The suspension of at least five police officers.
• A report of at least 300 pages.
  
• An Asian Senior Investigating Officer. Failing that, an SIO with a moustache will do.
  

Unless these criteria have been met, I just do not see how justice can have been done.

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