Why Are The Police Putting Down Their Guns?
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Soldiers were put on standby after hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers stepped back from firearms duties after an officer was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba last September.
Home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds talks us through a dramatic day for the Met alongside Harriet Wistrich, the lawyer who represented the family of Jean Charles de Menezes after he was killed by police in 2005.
And what next for HS2? Adam is joined by the BBC’s transport correspondent, Katy Austin, alongside Manchester City Council Leader Bev Craig and former Network Rail director Anna-Jayne Hunter to discuss the possible next steps.
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TOPICS
01:17 - Metropolitan Police 18:09 - HS2
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, loads to talk about on this episode of newscast. |
| 0:08.3 | For example, at one point on Monday, it looked like the army was going to be called in |
| 0:13.5 | to plug gaps in the metropolitan police because not enough of their armed officers were willing |
| 0:19.4 | to come to work and be armed. |
| 0:21.9 | This is following a sequence of events which started with the killing of a man on the |
| 0:27.2 | street in London last September. |
| 0:29.6 | We will dig into what was going on there and what it might mean on this episode of newscast. |
| 0:35.6 | Newscast. |
| 0:36.6 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:38.2 | He got trounced by the former Prime Minister who herself got beaten by a lettuce. |
| 0:42.5 | At least I didn't slap anybody which is good. |
| 0:44.6 | Reign economy. |
| 0:45.6 | La blablabla. |
| 0:46.6 | It's the Guardian reading. |
| 0:48.6 | Tofu eating. |
| 0:49.6 | Woe karate. |
| 0:50.6 | I'm actually very right-wing. |
| 0:52.6 | You do come up with the most remarkable twaddle. |
| 0:54.6 | Today I feel gay. |
| 0:55.6 | The Prime Minister is not under a desk. |
| 0:58.6 | Me here because I like carrying Megan and I don't care what anybody says about me. |
| 1:03.2 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio and later on we're going to take a virtual ride on HS2 |
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