A police chief who wants to protect us from criminals? Yes, honestly
by Julian Mann, TCW:
WITHOUT the protection of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers, an angry crowd of pro-abortionists would have successfully disrupted the inaugural meeting of the Manchester University Pro-Life Society.
This video on Manchester free speech platform Tke Media shows the incident on February 29:
The small group of pro-lifers was hugely outnumbered by the pro-abortionists who would almost certainly have injured them were it not for the courageous professionalism of the GMP officers on duty. They manifestly did their job with one even defending the right of the pro-lifers to hold their point of view in conversation with a group of irate pro-abortionists.
The pro-life group’s treasurer said: ‘If it wasn’t for the police and security, people would have definitely been physically hurt. It made me feel intimidated and threatened. I was genuinely afraid that we would get hurt.’
The question arises: why the enormous visible difference in behaviour between GMP officers and the frequent Left-wing bias of officers in other forces, particularly the Met? Leadership would seem to be the answer.
GMP Chief Constable Stephen Watson took over a force in 2021 which had been put into special measures by HM’s Inspectorate of Constabulary. England’s second largest force had failed to record more than 80,000 crimes in one year. Within 18 months of taking over, Watson had led the force out of special measures.
He certainly has an impressive CV. In 2011, he became Metropolitan Police Commander for the East Area, responsible for operational policing across nine London boroughs. He is a qualified Firearms and Public Order Commander and had a major role in East London in the aftermath of the 2011 riots. Before becoming GMP chief, he led South Yorkshire Police. In 2019 he was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service.
But what kind of moral outlook does Watson have? Without wanting to make a window into his soul, I suggest he sounds rather like a British policeman from the days when this was a broadly Christian country.
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