Bianca Williams partner stopped by police again

[Portofino]

thebraketester said:

Where's the link to the evidence of him being on the phone?

Thing is the Police can stop you if they suspect something, and if they want you to pull over you pull over.

As mentioned elsewhere if you fail to stop then that will then result in more police being called into the pursuit as seen your police, camera action shows.

In fact last night was an old one I watched where they suspected a van driving around at 2 in the morning wasn’t legit, & they were right. Bloke was over the limit on booze & cocaine & the van was stolen with fake vins.

[thebraketester]

Portofino said:

thebraketester said:

Where's the link to the evidence of him being on the phone?

Thing is the Police can stop you if they suspect something, and if they want you to pull over you pull over.

As mentioned elsewhere if you fail to stop then that will then result in more police being called into the pursuit as seen your police, camera action shows.

In fact last night was an old one I watched where they suspected a van driving around at 2 in the morning wasn’t legit, & they were right. Bloke was over the limit on booze & cocaine & the van was stolen with fake vins.

I know. The question was for those stating it as fact above.

[Greendubber]

thebraketester said:

Portofino said:

thebraketester said:

Where's the link to the evidence of him being on the phone?

Thing is the Police can stop you if they suspect something, and if they want you to pull over you pull over.

As mentioned elsewhere if you fail to stop then that will then result in more police being called into the pursuit as seen your police, camera action shows.

In fact last night was an old one I watched where they suspected a van driving around at 2 in the morning wasn’t legit, & they were right. Bloke was over the limit on booze & cocaine & the van was stolen with fake vins.

I know. The question was for those stating it as fact above.

The police can stop any vehicle being driven on a road, there doesn't need to an an offence to instigate a stop. I have no idea why anyone would make it up, he even suggested his phone was between his legs, not in one of the numerous more suitable places/pockets it could have been left in. I think after seeing his performance on the TV this morning I know who I'd believe.

Blokes an absolute clown, whipping up the media, playing the game etc. Let's hope he gets slapped on for failing to stop, if I was one of those officers I'd have done that already TBH.

[Jasey_]

thebraketester said:

Portofino said:

thebraketester said:

Where's the link to the evidence of him being on the phone?

Thing is the Police can stop you if they suspect something, and if they want you to pull over you pull over.

As mentioned elsewhere if you fail to stop then that will then result in more police being called into the pursuit as seen your police, camera action shows.

In fact last night was an old one I watched where they suspected a van driving around at 2 in the morning wasn’t legit, & they were right. Bloke was over the limit on booze & cocaine & the van was stolen with fake vins.

I know. The question was for those stating it as fact above.

He said on TV this morning the phone was in his lap.

[thebraketester]

Jasey_ said:

thebraketester said:

Portofino said:

thebraketester said:

Where's the link to the evidence of him being on the phone?

Thing is the Police can stop you if they suspect something, and if they want you to pull over you pull over.

As mentioned elsewhere if you fail to stop then that will then result in more police being called into the pursuit as seen your police, camera action shows.

In fact last night was an old one I watched where they suspected a van driving around at 2 in the morning wasn’t legit, & they were right. Bloke was over the limit on booze & cocaine & the van was stolen with fake vins.

I know. The question was for those stating it as fact above.

He said on TV this morning the phone was in his lap.

Thanks for that.

Not helping himself here is he?

[Durzel]

Owning a Tesla myself there is a prominent charging mat right in front of you where you'd put your phone, and it obviously has Bluetooth etc to be able to make and receive phone calls, and even dictate messages.

I can't think of a logical reason one would need to have your phone between your thighs/on your lap unless you were casually interacting with it while you were driving.

[Cupramax]

The tv media need to stop pandering to this bell end. If a police car requests you stop, you do it, drive on for 5 minutes and expect the consequences.

[Piersman2]

Durzel said:

Owning a Tesla myself there is a prominent charging mat right in front of you where you'd put your phone, and it obviously has Bluetooth etc to be able to make and receive phone calls, and even dictate messages.

I can't think of a logical reason one would need to have your phone between your thighs/on your lap unless you were casually interacting with it while you were driving.

I saw his interview this morning, it crossed my mind that he probably wasn't bright enough to realise that having a phone on your lap, at night time, is going to throw a bright light upward. Everytime it's touched he'd have been clearly glowing inside the car as he drove around. No wonder a passing cop car is going to pull him.

Anyways, despite all that, when a fully marked police SUV pulls in front of you , brakes and flashes it's lights, you don't decide to weave passed and carry on, you just fking stop, whereever they tell you to, be it in a layby or the middle lane of a motorway. It's their call, not yours.

[Brave Fart]

Portofino said:

Bloke has just been on BBC coming out with excuses a 5 year old would say.

& edit to add the good old Beeb seeing him as the victim.

Not just the BBC - yesterday afternoon Shelagh Fogarty on LBC was pretty much saying that Dos Santos' refusal to stop when told was OK because he'd been traumatised by his previous encounter with the Met. She genuinely seemed to think that "I'm scared of the police" was a valid reason for refusing to stop.

[darreni]

Greendubber said:

The police can stop any vehicle being driven on a road, there doesn't need to an an offence to instigate a stop. I have no idea why anyone would make it up, he even suggested his phone was between his legs, not in one of the numerous more suitable places/pockets it could have been left in. I think after seeing his performance on the TV this morning I know who I'd believe.

Blokes an absolute clown, whipping up the media, playing the game etc. Let's hope he gets slapped on for failing to stop, if I was one of those officers I'd have done that already TBH.

I think he is playing the victim & using media saturation to ensure that only one version of the story is broadcast, then anyone suggesting an alternative can be shouted down. As previously used in a number of cases.

[nicanary]

PS if he's an international athlete why isn't he in Munich at the European Champs ? Where does his money come from ?

[Stan the Bat]

nicanary said:

PS if he's an international athlete why isn't he in Munich at the European Champs ? Where does his money come from ?

Think he's from the wrong continent .

[Jasey_]

Stan the Bat said:

nicanary said:

PS if he's an international athlete why isn't he in Munich at the European Champs ? Where does his money come from ?

Think he's from the wrong continent .

Portuguese

[MrBarry123]

Stan the Bat said:

Think he's from the wrong continent .

He’s Portuguese…

[272BHP]

nicanary said:

PS if he's an international athlete why isn't he in Munich at the European Champs ? Where does his money come from ?

He is just not competitive anymore. A best of 47 sec in the 400M this season means he is not even at the races in sprinting terms.

Probably too many jaunts across London at 4am in the morning.

[yellowjack]

Stan the Bat said:

nicanary said:

PS if he's an international athlete why isn't he in Munich at the European Champs ? Where does his money come from ?

Think he's from the wrong continent .

He's Portuguese, and ran in the 400 metres final at the 2018 European Athletics Championship. And he was part of the 4x400 relay team that finished 3rd in the Ibero-American Championships in May this year. So he's either not fit, failed to qualify, or wasn't selected.

His money? I've no idea where that comes from. Maybe the Portuguese Athletics Federation fully funds him? Or perhaps the UK athletics circus funds him as a salaried "coach" for his better known wife? Who knows...

[Gweeds]

Phone in lap. Odd place to put it if you weren’t using it no?

Especially in a car as connected as a Tesla.

If I’d not stopped and then tried to overtake a police car blue-lighting me I’d expect a response. He got one.

[andymadmak]

Man is an idiot, and failure to stop got him the reaction from the Police that was entirely predictable - if you've ever watched any of those UK based Police Interceptor TV programs you'll get it straight away.

Actually, what concerns me more is the media reaction to this - no scrutiny, no real questioning of his actions or challenge of his behaviour, just simpering agreement with him and bigging up his victim status. BBC in particular should be utterly ashamed of its failure to scrutinise what was ion front of their noses. No wonder people like this fella think that it's OK to behave as he did - after all the media will ensure nothing happens to him!

[g3org3y]

Lotobear said:

bhstewie said:

Struggling with why he didn't pull over earlier from what I can see on the video.

Clear open well lit road in the early hours seems pretty safe to me?

Possibly because there would have been no 'story' had he complied and done the right thing?

This.

andymadmak said:

Actually, what concerns me more is the media reaction to this - no scrutiny, no real questioning of his actions or challenge of his behaviour, just simpering agreement with him and bigging up his victim status. BBC in particular should be utterly ashamed of its failure to scrutinise what was ion front of their noses. No wonder people like this fella think that it's OK to behave as he did - after all the media will ensure nothing happens to him!

Quite.

BBC now reporting: "Ricardo Dos Santos: Sprinter anxious about driving after police stop"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62560...

[Greendubber]

Let's hope he's so anxious he stops driving because clearly he's no good at it.

The BBC will never look at it from an opposing point of view, they'll just lap it up and spread the nonsense.