Wayne Couzens is in court for sentencing today for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. It has been revealed that
he used his police ID card and the covid restrictions to "arrest" her in plain sight of witnesses.
Explain to me how any woman is supposed to trust the police?
Let's not forget that Couzen's nickname among his colleagues was
"the rapist". They
knew about him but they didn't care. They didn't care that there was a man who was clearly a risk to women in a position of authority and power and he was allowed to remain in that position until after he'd taken a life.
And this isn't "one bad apple". It's indicative of a systemic problem with the police. The Femicide Census reported yesterday that at least
15 serving or former police officers have killed women since 2009, the majority of whom were their partners. Is it any wonder that the police are so useless when it comes to violence against women?
So right now all I can think is f.ck the police. f.ck them all. They aren't there to protect us - sure, there may be the odd one of two - but the SYSTEM is not on our side. It gives power to men who abuse it to abuse and hurt and rape and kill women. And all their colleagues do is give bland apologies about bad apples as if that's supposed to be sufficient. ONE BAD APPLE SPOILS THE WHOLE BARREL. The point of that saying isn't that one bad apple doesn't matter, it's the complete opposite - that one bad apple, if not removed but instead left to rot will infect everything else. If you ignore that bad apple you all get tainted. You are all complicit. Everyone who laughed at his nickname, who ignored female colleagues concerns, who decided not to investigate the claims of indecent exposure, they are all complicit and all responsible for Sarah's murder.