Sums up many global police - untouchable; able to behave like criminals fully backed by the law. Ghislaine Maxwell, like any other presumed innocent person, deserves politeness. I was asleep in 2015 when my doors were smashed in over false allegations (later proven false in court) from 50 years earlier. In the car going down to Woking Police Station the cop in charge chatted to me and said he loved his new job because it was so much more exciting than his old one. "What was that?" I asked. He had been an accountant.

Fascism often comes in more subtle forms than openly strutting jackboots.

E.G. cowardly accountants in dawn raids 'Cops/Media/Psychos/Lawyers BIG Biz Inc'.

For centuries, selling profitable Snake Oil/good stories to their kept dumb shallow ignorant masses.

Adrenaline rushes are experienced by police when raiding the homes of the famous - the officers could be on TV tonight!

For most of us nonentities, a knock on the door is deemed sufficient - and forced entry is only warranted in certain cases.

Such as drugs (the evidence could be flushed) or where the person is thought to be dangerous and/or armed.


But many celebrities, like Cliff Richard and yourself, have been very badly treated - essentially because of the local senior officer making the wrong call.

Some police join up in order to get away with murder. I'm sure the "knee on neck" man in Minneapolis took great pleasure in extinguishing a man's breath. I know the delight by the (mainly female) Surrey cops was the joy of setting up a minor celebrity and getting the kudos, promotion and increased budget when he or she was convicted (sadly for them it didn't happen). Many lesbian cops adore strip searches and boast about them. My replacement doors and CCTV units cost me £15,000 - never given back despite solid proof the bent cops broke the law.

It's the extraordinary boasting in public, out loud, that disturbs me. These people really feel the majority approves of their rudeness. They consider they are above the law.

Smashing your door down seems completely unwarranted and over the top.

With Ghislaine Maxwell, though, I wonder if there was some logic to it. With so many people in the USA having guns, perhaps they did this to give her less time to arm herself or kill herself like Jeffrey Epstein.

I was surprised at the FBI official saying she had "slithered away to a gorgeous property in New Hampshire, continuing to live a life of privilege". I'd have thought they'd have been dispassionate.

I watched the two Australian 60 Minutes programmes on YouTube yesterday about Epstein/Maxwell. Totally biased tabloid TV and largely focussing on Virginia Roberts Giuffre. In the shorter one, she recounts smiling (at around 16:20) that she had heard audio of Ghislaine Maxwell's court hearing, where reporters were apparently able to listen in, and Maxwell had been shouting "why is this happening?" "how could this happen?" and "crying her eyes out".

Actually wonder if Virginia Roberts Giuffre's claim of Maxwell screaming "why is this happening?" "how could this happen?" and "crying her eyes out" at the hearing is another invention. The only source of this story seems to be her, also quoted in The Sun, Daily Mail and NY Post, but other reports tell a different story.

Maxwell spoke in a soft voice to answer about a dozen technical and procedural questions from the judge.

nypost.com/2020/07/02/ghislaine-maxwell-...ut-bail-in-nh-court/

Maxwell spoke briefly, answering "yes" when asked if she knew her rights. Her lawyer, Larry Vogelman, declined further comment on her behalf.

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/ghislaine-...n-case-a4487436.html

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