London News: Boy, 15, Stabbed to Death in Broad Daylight in Islington.

A 15-year-old boy has died after being stabbed on a busy Islington street on Tuesday, 9 December. Police and London’s air ambulance rushed to Westbourne Road at 13:02 after receiving reports of a stabbing. The teenager was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital, but tragically died later that afternoon.

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The Bad, The Good And Most Importantly, Maintaining Perspective After Panorama.

It was a programme that had received considerable advanced publicity over weeks and, as the day dawned, officers across the Met and indeed the country viewed the upcoming revelations with apprehension. Whatever the content, the result was inevitable; that all Met officers would be collectively smeared with morale, already on the floor, now suffering another blow.

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The Arrest Of Graham Linehan-Could Officers Have Refused To Undertake The Arrest And Be Thrown Under The Proverbial Bus?

So, the Commissioner commendably speaks out in relation to the controversial arrest of Graham Linehan and this appears to have actually made an impact upon politicians who acknowledge that officers have a near impossible task in enforcing laws passed by a democratically elected Parliament. 

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IOPC Forces Gross Misconduct Hearing 10 Years After Lawful Shooting. ‘Second Bite At The Cherry, But What Happens When The Cherry Box Is Empty?’

A Scotland Yard firearms officer could be sacked almost a decade after shooting dead Jermaine Baker during an attempted prison break. The IOPC have now directed the Met Police to hold gross misconduct proceedings against the officer.

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