From: "Graham Gartshore", [EMAIL PROTECTED] BBC TV Sunday 21.50 (A Fair Cop) Did any Cybershooter see the excellent documentary last night on BBC2. It was set in Liverpool and dealt with a crime lord Curtis Warren who wanted to flood Liverpool with drugs and firearms and granades. The series followed the Merseyside Police Force and Chief Inspector Elmore Davies who was arrested and charged with corruption, he eventually received a 5 year jail sentence. The program reported that Warren set up shop in Holland and was running his empire from there but unaware that his phone was tapped by the Dutch Police. Unable to understand the Scouse accent they asked for two officers from Liverpool to fly over and translate for them. They were told that anything that they heard was not to be repeated under Dutch Law. They heard on one of the telephone taps the name of Elmore Davies and quickly told their bosses back in England and breaking Dutch law by doing so. The Dutch Police called them arrogant and unprofessional. Mersey Police set up a sting to catch Elmore and his merry men, led by a mystery man Det. Ins. Phil Jones who nobody seemed to know. Warren wanted to bribe Elmore into getting rid of a gun that was in Police custody that was used in a shooting a few weeks before. Philip Glenning Jr. had allegedly fired the handgun outside a club in Liverpool, two Police officers who were near by said they heard a shot and gave chase to Glenning. One officer hot on his heals said that the gunman turned and fired a shot at him, he over powered the gunman and he was arrested. The Police Officer was hailed as a hero. To get Elmore, the higher arc. bugged his office and home, this went on for weeks. Later it was found out that the gun in question, a deactivated Colt, and had a bullet stuck up the spout and was impossible to have fired at anyone, the Police Office lied. The Police officer was a bit on the suspect side himself being caught on security camera with his "bit on the side" who was buying him a up market stereo with a dud cheque which he vouched for. The security tape was never shown in court, and he lied to senior officers from start to finish about the whole affair. There was a lot of reconstruction and suspicion of "stitch up" . The program was very interesting it showed how the Police can "bend" the rules and "stitch" up people when and where it suited them. Certain evidence was never shown in court, and probably never will be. As for myself I only have contempt for the Police if they cannot get a conviction without lying or stitching people up then why bother. I went to see my 4th Lawyer regarding my case and was told that although there was nothing he would rather do in taking my local force to court as in his opinion "they were incapable of telling the truth" it would be a waste of time. The evidence I have was good but we would be dealing with an organisation who stick together and I should just get on with my life. I will never believe in the Police again. At the end of the program it stated that Police corruption in Merseyside is sill being investigated, and that British organised crime is now worth billions, and in Liverpool there were nearly 300 cases relating to firearms and violence in the last 12 months has also risen and somebody is murdered every two weeks, Graham Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
