Ashleigh Merchant

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547 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 28 Jul

Ashleigh Merchant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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is that they are quick to cuff someone when they don't need to cuff someone.

And they're quick to just rush to judgment.

This man was not fighting.

He wasn't trying, I mean, originally he was trying to get away, but when the police were there, he was completely compliant.

You don't see him doing anything.

So absent officer safety reasons, there is absolutely no reason for the police to put this man in custody.

And I think we just jump to that because they immediately believed this guy.

They immediately believed him.

And I mean, he's not even carrying the type of weapon that's allowed.

You know, there's a law in Britain that you're allowed to carry a weapon if it's for religious purposes.

But the weapon that he had was not even the right type of weapon.

I mean, it's essentially a knife that he was carrying.

The police should have seen that and should have taken that into account.

And then maybe this poor kid, this child, because he was a child, would not have died immediately.

in police custody with the last thing he heard being that you're being arrested.

It's just, it's awful.

What do you think, Dave?

some type of a public tribunal where their conduct is actually examined.

They have to answer for it.

I mean, I think that would be something that the people deserve to see, these cops actually having to answer publicly for what they've done.

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