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Why can police sue for being asked to do their jobs?

11 March 2024

6:00 PM

11 March 2024

6:00 PM

I can’t imagine being confronted with the body of someone who has jumped to their death: limbs splayed in ways that shouldn’t be possible, clothes shredded by velocity meeting tarmac, the bloodied remains of a face. The idea is appalling. So I have every sympathy for the police officers who saw just that at the Grenfell Tower fire and are currently seeking damages in the High Court.

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