Comments by "leafy" (@leafy803) on "Met Police wrongly arrest mother over bus fare in front of child" video.

She had a 12.30 appointment, so in a rush. Incident was about 11am, dropping son off at mums then travelling on. Police officers was very unprofessional calling her a 'daft cow'. Haven't heard of reprimand for that. She also should be charged, is there for being uncooperative with investigation, attempting to leave a scene of enquiries. The public uproar, usually not having seen full footage, has lead to political/pressured decisions. Full body cam, shows police using no physical contact but asking her to stay, their arms up for 8 seconds, (and that's not the start). Yet she still was leaving.
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Agree. Police have since stated they won't be accompanying ticket check operations in future. Just violent callouts to buses.
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Watch the full bodycam released, officers at start were asking for ticket, using no physical contact, arms up to encourage her to stay, asking her to, for atleast 8 seconds. That's after she was asked to supply card when leaving bus but she ignored request, so transport staff, community officer and police officers attempted with no physical contact for longer than that. The officer was very wrong to call her a 'daft cow', should have consequences. I think a arrest for being uncooperative, attempting to leave scene of enquiries should have been stated, used instead of ticket evasion. But then arrest is different from charged, it's to enable the investigation, prevent her leaving.
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Agree, however an officer also called her a 'daft cow' (on bodycam footage), which is wrong, unprofessional. Should be consequences/ reprimand for that.
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