26/02/2017 Midlands Today


26/02/2017

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West Midlands Police have launched an investigation after allegations

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that officers used excessive force and misused their batons

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after Wolves' home match against Birmingham City on Friday.

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A former policeman, who was at the game,

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says what he witnessed shouldn't have happened.

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But the force has defended its tactics, saying the trouble

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was in danger of getting out of hand.

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The command "show of strength" has just been issued -

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police officers are raining down on football fans in a walk

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The clashes were filmed by this retired police chief inspector,

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someone who used to train the police in the use of force.

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He says West Midlands police overreacted.

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There did not appear to me to be a confrontation,

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The threat level that you would need to justify

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hitting someone over the

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head with a baton is a very high threat level.

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My perception is that threat level was not there.

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He says the fans there were largely Blues supporters in good spirits,

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But the police say the trouble was between rival fans.

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West Midlands Police have described the flashpoint

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Officers had issued warnings, they say, to no avail.

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To prevent further clashes, they used

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"appropriate and proportionate force."

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Somebody could have died from being struck on the

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For not walking quickly enough to a railway station?

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That seems to me like a really extreme overreaction.

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Eight Birmingham City supporters and five Wolves

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Sarah Bishop, BBC Midlands Today in Wolverhampton.

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The Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West Rob Marris has

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criticised his former parliamentary colleague Tristram Hunt.

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Speaking on Sunday Politics, Mr Marris said that Tristram Hunt,

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whose resignation as an MP triggered last week's Stoke Central

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by-election, had acted in a self-centred manner.

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The result in Stoke was uplifting for me.

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I think we need to put them in the context.

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The context is the political scene in this country is

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very volatile at the moment, and in the context that two

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self-centred MPs resigned early and the electorate,

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More than 200 people took part in a charity

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walk today in support of a Shropshire paramedic.

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Melissa Jago fell down her stairs last

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September and suffered critical brain injuries.

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She's currently undergoing intensive therapy to learn

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Friends turned out in Whitchurch today to help raise ten-thousand

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We think she probably slipped from the top of the stairs

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but we do not know and we will never know exactly

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It is just horrendous that falling down your

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stairs at home can cause such life changing injuries.

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We would like to, as part of the campaign, raise

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The Coventry Bees have been thrown out of the speedway's Elite League

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The British Speedway Promoters Association have suspended the Bees'

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license because of uncertainties about whether the team will be able

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The Bees are currently without a home track.

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The sport's governing body has also expressed doubts about the financial

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Stoke City have suffered a heavy defeat at Tottenham

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Stoke were over-run in the first-half,

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Three of them were scored by Harry Kane who then

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set-up his team's fourth goal for Delly Alli.

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Stoke supporters saw an improvement in the second half but it finished

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A bit of snow on the cards. That is turning colder and spring is just

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around the corner. Time for the forecast.

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It certainly was a pleasant start to the day today.

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We had glorious scenes but that was as

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We had some strong gusts of wind through the day today.

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For tonight, we are seeing the skies are clearing for a time.

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Not long before we get the next area of rain working in its way

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It's a chilly night with temperatures dipping

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We start the day tomorrow with showers rippling

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Some will be heavy and they are their time

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A touch wintry as well with some hail and thunder in there as well.

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