Brunstrom: "I would do it again"

[the_lone_wolf]

Yes, that's right, another Wankstrom thread...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7103193.stm

So he still doesn't think he's done anything wrong, despite apologising "unreservedly" to the Gibney family and accepting that the IPCC report which criticised his actions, including describing the pictures of Mark Gibney as "outstandingly good," was a "fair, accurate and proportionate reflection of the circumstances"

After all that, he still thinks it was the journalists' fault

[SoulKiss]

The sooner someone goes and visits him and delivers a fatal beating the better.

Can I suggest that a bike chain is used, well as that would put all the bikers in the UK in the frame, they would never catch whoever it was, as a) no-one would squeal, and b) every biker in the country would like to see him gone.

On a more realistic level however, complaints need to be made as basically all he said is "All I did wrong was get caught".

The man is a **nt.

[Luckypants]

Not reported there, but reported on local TV News that he had also ignored 'a protocol' to check his dealings with the media with the Police Authority. The IPCC criticised for not following this protocol - they have been careful not to call it 'operational procedure' because that would be misconduct.

He has also just been criticised by a High Court judge for recommending that a PC be re-instated after he was sacked for gross misconduct.

The guy's judgement is bizarre at best.

[northwind]

If we have a whipround, we might be able to afford a hitman?

Wasnt he just saying he would show similar pictures of speeding deaths to the media so this will reduce speeding deaths through greater publicity of the negatives - but this time with the right safeguards/approvals. If he can get greater publicity from doing this then doesnt this benefit the general public? I dont see the problem with it?

Yes I do think he's a knob for upsetting the family. Ironically though its had more publicity because of this very mistake - and directly at the very people he was aiming at.

He blames the media for reporting it.
Maybe I'm an idiot but I would expect journalists to report on the 'shock factor' tactics at a press conference. ********.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Gmonsta

Wasnt he just saying he would show similar pictures of speeding deaths to the media so this will reduce speeding deaths through greater publicity of the negatives - but this time with the right safeguards/approvals. If he can get greater publicity from doing this then doesnt this benefit the general public? I dont see the problem with it?

without making the pictures or general description of the pictures public, how is he going to gain extra publicity for his cause? the shock factor he was going for would only affect the people in that room, and besides, is it right to show horrific road injuries to make a case against breaking the speed limit? you don't have to be breaking it in order to cause far more horrific results.

whether he was naive, stupid or is just plain lying that he thought a room full of journalists wouldn't report and republish images they were shown, and tbh his motives are pretty obvious, the fact remains that he used the images without permission, would you see a problem if it were, god forbid, your wife, child or parent who was in those pictures?

at the end of the day he did something stupid, crossing the line of common decency in order to further his own agenda, and in the process has caused a huge amount of suffering to the Gibney family. he hasn't apologised for using the images, he hasn't admitted it was a mistake, despite the IPCC ruling that it wasn't a good idea at all, all he has done is try to sidestep the finger of guilt and blame someone else for his own stupidity (or simple spitefulness)

Originally Posted by Gmonsta

Wasnt he just saying he would show similar pictures of speeding deaths to the media so this will reduce speeding deaths through greater publicity of the negatives - but this time with the right safeguards/approvals. If he can get greater publicity from doing this then doesnt this benefit the general public? I dont see the problem with it?

Yes I do think he's a knob for upsetting the family. Ironically though its had more publicity because of this very mistake - and directly at the very people he was aiming at.

You've made 2 false assumptions there though.

First, that road deaths are some sort of epidemic. Second, that speed is the cause of those deaths.

If Brunstrom spent this much time going after unlicenced, untaxed and uninsured drivers, he'd make much more of an impact on road safety.

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

You've made 2 false assumptions there though.

First, that road deaths are some sort of epidemic. Second, that speed is the cause of those deaths.

If Brunstrom spent this much time going after unlicenced, untaxed and uninsured drivers, he'd make much more of an impact on road safety.

Yes - you are right. Maybe, I should have used Road Safety not speeding.