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INTRODUCTION:

Once upon a time, London police officers told a story about a woman who woke up wild in their station.

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She kicked and bit, lunged and spit, police said.

Officers were hurt.

So police had to charge her with assault.

Off to court she went.

The end, police said.

But that wasn’t the end.

That wasn’t the whole story. That wasn’t the real story.

Left out of the real story was the fact the woman was assaulted.

In the real story, a police sergeant kicked, stomped and stepped on the woman, punched her in the face and jammed his forearm into her jaw.

All the while, the woman was restrained in handcuffs and leg ties, and held by three to four other officers.

In the real story, none of the other officers tried to stop the assault.

None of the other officers told the sergeant to stop.

The sergeant did not report his assault on the woman in his official statement that sent the woman to court.

None of the other officers reported the assault by their sergeant in their official statements that sent the woman to court.