As we process the news that Wayne Couzens took advantage of his status as a police office to kidnap before murdering Sarah Everard on 3 March, it's worth remembering the warning signs about him that seem not to have been taken sufficiently seriously (policeconduct.gov.uk/news/update-in…). 
There is a large enough body of evidence that the police often fail to take seriously violence, including sexual violence, against women that this should come as no surprise. But it is still pretty sickening.
Thoughts and solidarity with Ms Everards' family and friends.
Thoughts and solidarity with Ms Everards' family and friends.
There are so, so many examples: like Shana Grice who was fined by Sussex Police for "time wasting" for reporting the man who then slit her throat shortly after. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/t…
Or Lara Stuart, who reported abuse from her ex-boyfriend to police 18 times, including telling the police three days before the attack that killed her that Cooper was threatening “to finish her”. independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
Enough really is enough.
We need a public inquiry into how cultural failings by the police, and the broader criminal justice system, contributes to the murder or rape of tens of thousands of women a year.
How many more women must die?
We need a public inquiry into how cultural failings by the police, and the broader criminal justice system, contributes to the murder or rape of tens of thousands of women a year.
How many more women must die?
If you want some righteous accounts to follow on the subject of violence against women I like: @DrProudman, @SistersUncut, @centreWJ, @thegeminiproj and @ReclaimTS (but there are many others).
Also tagging on to the end of this thread this great piece from the US pointing out that violence against women is an economic and racial issue.
https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1442495934135521280
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