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Documentaries-Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead

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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,548
    The Real Line of Duty-Prime.

    https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3808019993/?ref_=tt_vi_i_1

    Between 2012 and 2021, hit BBC drama Line Of Duty told the story of a fictional anti-corruption unit that famously went after bent coppers. Now for the first time, the senior police officers behind the real life sting operations re-open the casebooks to reveal the methods used to uncover corruption and secure convictions. They take us back to the crime scenes, show us the operations in detail, how they gathered the evidence, discovered the guilty and built the case that led them to jail. The Real Line Of Duty uncovers the wider story of anti-corruption units: why and how the Metropolitan Police turned the torch on their own.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27125496/
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    MISTY4MEMISTY4ME Member Posts: 6,177
    HAYSIE said:

    The Incredible Story Of 8 Lads Who Bought a Winning Racehorse

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oivS9aizGw

    Their next horse is called MR IRRELEVANT .....obviously named after the Last Pick in the NFL ANNUAL DRAFT ..... which two years ago just happened to be SAN FRANCISCO 49ers 'BROCK PURDY' , who is now one of the Best Quarterbacks in the NFL

    The horse MR IRRELEVANT has just WON at Doncaster ......the SECOND RACE he's WON in 5 Days !!!

    I'll bet 'The Lads' are having a proper Celebration tonight :D:D
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,548
    The Guilty Innocent - Brand New Series!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPBubeymCwc
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    EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,112
    George Davis.

    A man who was "fitted" up by the Police for am Armed Robbery he did not commit in 1974. There was always a suspicion that the reason some of his testimony at trial was less than convincing was that, in reality, at that time he was carrying out a different armed robbery.

    Hands up-who believes the Police at that time planted evidence in this way? Me.
    But who believes that the Police chose random innocent people, as opposed to known criminals? Not me

    In 1976 he was released, and given a fresh start. According to him, at this time he "started" hanging out with Criminals, and within 18 months was caught and sentenced for a new Armed Robbery.

    People can romanticise this sort of crime. Much easier to romanticise this sort of stuff when you haven't had a sawn off shotgun in your face

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    Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 161,321


    Wow, I remember the whole thing well, especially an Ashes Test which had to be abandoned as the pitch had been vandalized in protest.

    I was working in East London at the time & it seemed that every blank wall was daubed with "FREE GEORGE DAVIS" slogans.





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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,548
    Essexphil said:

    George Davis.

    A man who was "fitted" up by the Police for am Armed Robbery he did not commit in 1974. There was always a suspicion that the reason some of his testimony at trial was less than convincing was that, in reality, at that time he was carrying out a different armed robbery.

    Hands up-who believes the Police at that time planted evidence in this way? Me.
    But who believes that the Police chose random innocent people, as opposed to known criminals? Not me

    In 1976 he was released, and given a fresh start. According to him, at this time he "started" hanging out with Criminals, and within 18 months was caught and sentenced for a new Armed Robbery.

    People can romanticise this sort of crime. Much easier to romanticise this sort of stuff when you haven't had a sawn off shotgun in your face

    I can remember the "Free George Davis" campaign, but very little of the detail.

    I was reading something the other day, which suggested that some officers held the view that it was ok to fit someone up for a particular crime, as long as they were guilty of something.
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,548
    Tikay10 said:



    Wow, I remember the whole thing well, especially an Ashes Test which had to be abandoned as the pitch had been vandalized in protest.

    I was working in East London at the time & it seemed that every blank wall was daubed with "FREE GEORGE DAVIS" slogans.





    Ashes 1975: Vandals force the abortion of a thriller at Headingley
    August 19, 1975. Australia needed 225 to win on the final day with seven wickets remaining. And the spectators were robbed of a promising thriller when a group of vandals dug holes on the wicket and poured oil on the pitch. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the incident in Headingley which cost £8,000 in gate receipts and scorecard sales.



    England captain Tony Greig (left) and Australian captain Ian Chappell survey the damage done by vandals that brought the 1975 Ashes Test at Leeds to an abrupt end.


    https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/ashes-1975-vandals-force-the-abortion-of-a-thriller-at-headingley-30072/
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    HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 32,548
    Tikay10 said:



    Wow, I remember the whole thing well, especially an Ashes Test which had to be abandoned as the pitch had been vandalized in protest.

    I was working in East London at the time & it seemed that every blank wall was daubed with "FREE GEORGE DAVIS" slogans.

    George Davis Is Innocent: The 1970s Campaign That Proved The Police And State Were Not OK

















    https://youtu.be/sKpA78cXHZc

    https://youtu.be/2_O_oc6xLW8



    https://flashbak.com/george-davis-is-innocent-the-1970s-campaign-that-proved-the-police-and-state-were-not-ok-2408/

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    EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,112
    George Davis was most certainly not innocent.

    Just innocent of 1 particular crime.

    Who was given a 2nd chance in 1976. And spat in the face of all those who supported him-like his Wife, who promptly divorced him.

    Convicted for Armed Robbery 1978. Released in 1984. Convicted again 1987. Pleaded Guilty both times
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