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Clara Hill
Mar 16, 2021
Plans are being suggested to put plain clothes police officers in nightclubs
REUTERS
New plans that seek to keep women and girls safe have been met with disgust online.
According to The Times, there are plans to patrol plain-clothes police officers inside nightclubs and bars in light of the Sarah Everard case.
However, not everyone thinks this a great plan. In fact, some people believe that the police are often the problem, citing their conduct at the vigil at Clapham Common and the image circulating of police officers protecting the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square.
Police have come back into the crowd to stand around the Winston Churchill statue. Heard from a legal observer that… https://t.co/Qq3bCKPnek— Siân (sh-arn) Abigail Bradley (@Siân (sh-arn) Abigail Bradley) 1615748480
Here are some of the reactions to this policy suggestion:
The Government don’t get the risks women face because they don’t monitor risks. Sarah everard wasn’t on a night out… https://t.co/2JCPLFtzWP— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) 1615878560
There are so so so many things that could and should be done to prevent violence against women, non-binary and lgbt… https://t.co/4fwFrPjunP— Rosie Ball (she/her) (@Rosie Ball (she/her)) 1615882126
so cops have killed women, cops mocked women’s dead bodies, spy cops married and exploited women for decades and th… https://t.co/jDua0YuHri— Larissa Kennedy (@Larissa Kennedy) 1615883120
are there any scarier words in the english language than “plain-clothes police officers” https://t.co/slfg8xI2OO— supertramp (@supertramp) 1615859643
This government is so utterly out of touch it’s embarrassing. Plain clothes police officers patrolling bars & clu… https://t.co/DQejxAOd65— Hope Worsdale (@Hope Worsdale) 1615848265
"you're completely safe with me I'm a plain-clothes police officer here to protect you from sexual harassment and a… https://t.co/gVZVCb48QO— Esoteric (@Esoteric) 1615885400
I was assaulted by a plain clothes police officer, so not sure how effective this will be. https://t.co/xt2QCRNZRu— Laura Lohn (@Laura Lohn) 1615858685
Are you out of your goddamn minds https://t.co/cCLVHzZQVt https://t.co/NcMeuNxBkt— Alex von Tunzelmann (@Alex von Tunzelmann) 1615883964
nobody wanted this you law and order freaks https://t.co/ozLfHBik1U— Amelia Horgan (@Amelia Horgan) 1615848502
NO NO NO NO NO NO THIS IS THE WORST IDEA https://t.co/VccxRtw2bq— Sandy Hudson (@Sandy Hudson) 1615854466
I FEEL SO SAFE NOW THANK GOODNESS https://t.co/AOC3DfP9UQ— Sooz Kempner (@Sooz Kempner) 1615851747
Right but aside from the obvious glaring problem with this, you have a structural problem with not recognising thes… https://t.co/7qy8kkvtC9— Hannah Rose Woods (@Hannah Rose Woods) 1615852980
More: The killing of Sarah Everard sparks a larger conversation surrounding violence against women