BRE

That case you cite is completely different as the police had live ongoing intelligence that the suspects were armed and had been seen with guns earlier.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/very-dangerous-drug-dealer-shot-9571366

And for the assumption that solicitors won't take a case on if they don't think they can win it-don't make me laugh.

 

I will look in to this a bit more tomorrow, if the club are backing him then I will be claiming refund for 4 of us plus car parking fees, I expected any money refunds to be targeted towards team building and nothing else..
Even if this situation had involved McGod I would have felt the same......

 

I didn't realise that the club had money to waste on frivolous legal actions. What is BRE expecting to gain from this? He has had his day of fame.
The police appear to have acted by the book.

 

What if the club are aware of other evidence and the believe the police acted illegally?

There are numerous stats of BAME being stopped based on profiling. There comes a time when enough is enough. Had this been Marshall or Reid would people be as critical? Maybe it’s because he’s “meh”.

Playing devils advocate, the club could have supported the player without providing legal assistance as this is a private matter. Wonder if they backed Robinson in the same way?

 

Alternatively they could have just supported him and not put a statement out

 

I agree although the most disproportionate statistic for being stopped by police isn't actually colour or background.

If I get pulled over again i wonder if i can get my employer to chip in on the case because the stop was sexist and I was profiled as a man?

 

But where’s the look at us aren’t we great attitude of social media we’ve become accustomed to if they don’t...

 

would be interesting to see if there is an increase in refund requests today and tomorrow

 

The gist of the claim seems to be that BRE suffered "alarm and distress" as this was set out early in the club's statement.

 

This information would be in the hands of solicitors, the club have no reason to get publicly involved. By all means listen to the players concerns but it seems the club have already decided West Midlands police are in breach of police protocol. If the police are exonerrated of any wrong doing i would expect them to ask Bradford City for an apology.

 

I know I’ll get shot down with this but......
To those of you demanding ST refunds, putting the boot into BRE and generally siding with Mr Plod, have you noticed the recent BLM protests around the world? Do you wonder what all the taking the knee stuff is about in the premiership? Maybe you don’t agree with the black lives matter campaign, however as a white middle class middle aged bloke I know two things which are fact.
1) if I were in BREs position I’d have proper shit myself and would now be rightfully angry
2) as a white middle aged bloke I guarantee I would have been treated differently.
My second point sums up the BLM agenda, black people, especially young male ones meet prejudice every day.
i for one am proud of the club for taking a stand and supporting Ben.
I am however a little ashamed of my fellow fans opinions on the matter!

 

If he is claiming "alarm & distress" then he should be suing most of the strikers he faced in L2

 

In general the snowflake generation are unwittingly making solicitors stupidly rich.

Wish I was a solicitor.

 

Wonder if the season ticket holders can start a class action against him?

 

I would hope you don't get pelters for that.

For the record I'm fully in support of the Black Lives Matters awakening that has occured recently. However that does not necessarily mean that the police can't stop black people if they have any suspicions at all. Things do need to be equalised though and the renewed focus is welcome.

The club getting involved is simply weird though unless, as I said earlier, they are going to make a supportive statement and organise legal advice every time any of the other players is stopped or spoken to by the police.

BRE has every right to be pissed off with the situation but it's a personal matter, not for the club.

 

What do the club or BRE , gain from getting the solicitors involved? Financial recompence?

I genuinely dont understand the reasons for going down that route, whats he gonna get seriously? Sorry we were wrong here's £1500.

 

A report should be done into the incident and potentially investigation, but City has no business publicly making a statement like this and I think had it happened 3 months ago they wouldn’t have done. Feels like a publicity stunt from the club which is very cheap considering how serious a situation it can be. Wonder if the club will comment should the police be found to have not acted unlawfully, doubtful. I won’t be asking for a refund but it doesn’t sit right for me. It’s between BRE, his family and the police everything becomes a public circus these days.

 

Not sure you would have been treated differently tbh.

Plenty of people get handcuffed and arrested for that matter for things they have no involvement in. The vast majority have to accept the explanation and move on. If your a celebrity or BAME however it's a much bigger deal and a completely different procedure seem to comes into play. That's prejudicial in itself in my book. I don't think anyone is underplaying the terrible situation he found himself but if your advocating fair play for all then everyone should have the same opportunity to express their indignation and it shouldn't be just because of your race or the fact you're a footballer.

 

Who are these 'plenty of people', or more appropriately, what statistic are you using?

 

You think this is the first time ever that someone completely innocent got handcuffed do you?