Who'd Go In To The Police?

BBC News: The Crown Prosecution Service says there is sufficient evidence to charge a police officer with the assault of a protester during London's G20 protests.

Sorry for repeating myself, but this is appalling. Why would anyone want to be a bobby now?

Said this about the copper getting abuse for pushing Ian Tomlinson, but it still applies:

The standard that the media seem to be expecting from under pressure officers is incredible. It's easy for people to sit at home and watch it on the news or read it in the papers or what ever. But officers like this one have to make a decision in five seconds, or three seconds, or one second or what ever it is, in the heat of the moment, and in this instance with Lord knows how many protestors bellowing and often lashing out at him.

This hasn't been stressed enough, if at all. If this officer loses his job or goes to prison for this, then everyone in the media who in their blood lust have exagerrated this incident beyond belief, and all those G20 protestors who went out of their way to wind up those policemen, are to blame. And shame on Boris Johnson, too, and all those in the upper echelons in the Met, for jumping on the bandwagon and failing to defend him.

For mercy's sake, get off his back.