Thread by @shailjapatel

It's not that no one saw the signs that Wayne Couzens was a danger to women. I guarantee that many women experienced his misogyny. Patriarchy erased them. I guarantee that many of his fellow cops saw him abuse power many times. Police culture made them look the other way.

This is how patriarchy works - by normalizing and un-seeing millions of daily aggressions by men against women. Until they culminate in one act of spectacular violence.

I don't believe for a moment that Sarah Everard was the first woman Wayne Couzens raped. Or the first woman he abused his police power over.

"The Centre for Women’s Justice said about 150 women have contacted the charity since 2019, to say they have been victims of abuse or violence at the hands of a police officer husband or boyfriend."
thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/…

"Almost 700 cases of alleged domestic abuse involving police officers and staff were reported in 3 years... police employees accused of domestic abuse were one third less likely to be convicted than the general public..."
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j…

"less than a quarter of complaints [against police officers and staff for domestic violence] resulted in disciplinary action"

And there you go.

https://twitter.com/KateEMcCann/status/1443552130007248897?s=19