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Sludge the boys were traveling towards the police, saw them did a u-turn, so the police traveled in the same direction for a short period of time, the police then dropped back and even moved in a different direction from them ending up half a mile away, how the hell is that a police chase?
The BBC verify team got it wrong using one camera at one time, and so did the people who went on a riot.
Sludge it was not a scooter it was a Surron electric bike/ motorbike https://surron.co.uk/pages/surron-bike-availability
You are going down the same alleyway
The impression given by the police .....and alun Micheal who works for them .....wax that the police were not involved and their contact with the boys has only come out now
They should have said they were not chasing but were following the boys straight away when asked about it
A day later and they were still saying their officers were not involved
That's for them to explain now
Hes all over the place. You wont get him to concede he is wrong though, he is exhausting.
He could give my missus a good run for her money in always being right when they are clearly wrong.
He will just keep on, and on, and on, and on sticking to his viewpoint even when its been proved wrong.
He needs serious help.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...first-minister
UK government created conditions that led to Cardiff riots, says Mark Drakeford.
Would the tragedy have been referred to the IOPC and subsequent investigation been carried out without the media attention in this case ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65725350
https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/new...-teenagers-ely
It certainly looks like the police watchdog has far more teeth these days
That remit seems to be exactly what is required
If only this kind of body had been around when the Cardiff 5 were fitted up
The bike was "an early birthday present". 4k, by the way. Kids were living well consider the pictures of them in branded jackets worth a couple hundred, too.
Probably would've been better to say it was nicked, now they're gonna get the DWP snooping around.![]()
The first picture released did show the Police following two lads on an e bike even though they are not meant to be driven on the road or to carry passengers. They are off road bikes only. However, later pictures revealed the Police turning off onto another road and the accident happened when the Police were a long way away on another street. However, it's odd that the Police did turn off especially as the bike was carrying a passenger with the pillion dragging his feet along the ground. Nonetheless I can't see how the rioting was warranted.
When i heard that Drakeford was chairing a meeting of interested groups I thought that was a good thing - exactly the type of thing that the Welsh government should be doing but to turn the event into a political event by blaming the UK government for the rioting was crass and inappropriate. Incidentally I think Alun Michael is one of the good guys especially when he was an MP who left no stone unturned to get to the root of a problem. To condemn him this early is simply wrong. He will get to the bottom of this and, if the Police were in any way to blame, (which is doubtful on present evidence) I believe he will say so.
With respect many commenting here clearly do not know the area. The police are using that to their advantage. It isn't strange the police turned the other way as there are bollards a bike can get through but not a car. Police had no choice but to turn the other way. There is no dispute now the boys were being actively pursued (although not chased with blue lights).
Also not seen it mentioned here but many think the boys were hit by a bus (as was widely reported) but cardiff bus issued a statement yesterday that none of their vehicles were involved.
The families have reported police were telling people at the scene no police were involved yet a video was being shown to people in the crowd at the scene of the chase (active pursuit) which is what sparked the trouble.
I think drakeford should have kept politics out of it , it's an embarrassment in my opinion
This is a terrible accident and Alun Micheal and South Wales Police have been economical with the truth here
I think heads should roll , the big wigs have all looked completely incompetent