Thread by @JolyonMaugham

This is troubling. The original reports were unequivocal about the injuries officers suffered. The Chief Superintendent misled the public about the injuries in a way that harmed the exercise of the right to protest. We really should have an explanation. itv.com/news/westcount…

Here's ITV's original report. I'm pretty clear myself that misleading the public is the very opposite of public service.

Will you be investigating, @SuMountstevens?

Imagine the shoe was on the other foot and you had misled a policeman or woman? Very serious inferences would be drawn about your character and conduct, and rightly. Shouldn't we hold the police to at least as high a standard?

It's an incredibly serious matter for a senior police officer to mislead the public. It makes it harder for us to place in the police the trust we should be able to have in them. It undermines the public service we rely on them to perform.

I am not qualified to 'read' the footage circulating online about how the protests are being policed, including in particular last night's. But I'd be hugely grateful if @bellingcat would.

Right to point out there is an apology from @ASPolice. I still think the people of Bristol, and those around the country concerned about the maintenance of the right to protest, deserve an explanation.

https://twitter.com/ASPolice/status/1375473748896276493?s=19

If you're interested in following what's going on in Bristol, I'd recommend the @TheBristolCable. Obviously their reporting is theirs.