Killer Cop: The Tragic Murder That Shocked A Nation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Wayne Couzens, a former police officer, committed shocking crimes that raised urgent questions about abuse of power and systemic failures in policing. This video explores the chilling details of how Couzens used his position to abduct and murder Sarah Everard, the failures in vetting processes that allowed him to join the police force, and the broader culture that enabled such behavior. From disturbing accounts of past misconduct to the harrowing stories of other victims, this case reveals deep-rooted issues within law enforcement.
Discover how a trusted profession failed to protect the public, the warning signs missed over the years, and the voices calling for accountability and reform. This is a story about power, trust, and the need for systemic change in policing.
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Courageous women for standing up. They will save lives.
The officer who said that he never wanted to intimidate people was like a breath of fresh air. I have met police officers under various circumstances from receiving a speeding ticket to taking a course with them to relatives and friendship groups and my experience has been that most of them use intimidation both on and off the job. I find it to be a very uncomfortable feeling and it has influenced my sense of trust in most of them. Anyone who needs to use intimidation engenders the same response from me, be they a criminal or a police officer.
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Spot-On Sir!!
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Marlene, the police forces is an intimidation infused business so unfortunately, the police force will always be an attractive location for those who like to have power over others. Thats why women and minority groups are easy targets of intimidation and violence by the force all over the world. Many bad eggs ( of should I say damaged eggs) get in and stay in the force. I lived in both the UK and now in the US. Many join the police primarily to gain easy access to control and intimidate minorities. I know of police members who joined because they didnt have the social skills to approach girls when they were in high school. I know some who went to a majority black school or any high school where they were severely bullied and now want to strike back and society. I am willing to bet that a lot of unsolved crimes and murders were and are committed by current or former police...
Just the idea of having non-firearms officers sounds refreshing to me, living in America. Walking around with a gun here (in many parts of the US) is almost normal and I find it extremely unsettling.
People who use intimidation tend to be bullies, and bullies stand out! Police in the US have been recruiting bullies ever since the 1980s with that War on Drugs.
@@clucier1And in the military. I've known a couple of ex-military as colleagues in the workplace. Sexism and arrogance can be intimidating in their own way as well.
At about the 40 minute mark she says “women of the country needed to come together” and she’s absolutely right, but what they got was women around the WORLD. I live in a small town in West Virginia, 🇺🇸. We may not have been there physically but we were spiritually.
It’s not a men women thing, it’s a matter of SOCIETY, coming together, men and JUDGES included.
Yet… MOST women in West Va… and in America VOTED 53% for a man that said from his OWN mouth… he could walk up to ANY woman and “grab her pu**y”…
Please STOP pretending you’re with women… and you’re FOR women…
I’m so tired of women in America fake “solidarity”… it’s a joke at this point… 😠
@@waffle_chair9269 Hopefuly.
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@@waffle_chair9269 it is absolutely a patriarchy issue. pretending it isn't is outright stupidity.
Everyone knows “if you’re not part of the solution YOU are part of the PROBLEM.”😢
That’s why some of these Diddy Women are pissing me off. trying to get a payoff instead of putting a man behind bars. No woman would accept a payoff if she was really raped. She would want that man behind bar is forever.
@@shannonfrasier7073If a man has ruined your sense of safety in the world and thereby affected your ability to earn in life, I don't see what would be wrong with trying to get some compensation. Studies do show that tort cases resulting in compensation DO help the healing process.
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Sometimes that is all that can be done. A lawsuit - civil law - is much easier to be found true than criminal law and a criminal trial. A DA will tell a victim directly if they do not think they have enough to win a criminal case which requires that guilt be established beyond a reasonable doubt. It is better than nothing; at least the act has been established to have occurred based on “a preponderance of evidence” that it occurred.
if they really wanted to do something about police corruption, they would fire all those in charge!
another outside source to watch for suspicious patterns & behavior. if something is noticed then it should be investigated, prosecuted & of course the person terminated from any law enforcement or government office/position of power
Oh wow! This resonates with me so much. My dad, also my abuser, was a cop and Pastor. He systematically abused me for years and years as well as my sister. He knew how to play the system for sure. He was manipulative and cunning. The odd trait, too, was his boots. He would shine them until they shone. I'm so sorry for all this victims here because most people don't want to believe that an officer of the law would be capable of these heinous crimes.
If this guy would rape men he would be stopped years ago. Police don’t take rape seriously or a sexual harassment against women.
It’s the police who protect citizens if they don’t protect people should be fired. I have problems with a stalker right now and I have hard time to engage the police. Men need to change for goodness sake!!!!
I've always thought that prison sentences for these predators would to be a lot longer if it were men who were being targeted and sexually assaulted. You'll never convincee otherwise. The men who decide what is appropriate are also part of the problem
My sister in law the same as you.
Psychopaths who choose to do wrong, v often search for jobs that give them power.... police, military, prison guards, hospices, hospitals, politicians etc etc
Which men exactly? All of us? I am not from the UK, but am from the US, where many women will say the same as you. I would actually do my best to protect you and other women, but am not permitted to do so. I'd go to prison for doing the right thing, and already have! Most men would do the same thing. Talk to the politicians and prosecutors about that, many of whom are women now. Many police in the US are women, and many of those women are even more psychopathic then their male police officer associates are.
Saying hello from Melrose Park Illinois 🇺🇲 My condolences to the family and friends of the victim 🙏
hello from North East MD - and that’s a town, not direction lol 😆. it’s in the north east of the Chesapeak Bay
What infuriates me is that the same people challenging this (as they should) are praising the fact that women are bring abused in sports and expected to hand over their hard-fought rights to men.
I also strongly disagree that it is the majority of the police force. There are good and evil people in every single group. It is just more shocking when it's people we trust: police, priests, doctors etc.
Trying to demonise one group is wrong.
@@snippetsordinarylife You're right. Just as no profession is all good, no profession is all bad.
You are so right on both points.
Wow. He purposely set up a "friend" to receive a severe beating. Crazy.
Sadistic.
I suspect it was savage and possibly worse. Absolutely diabolical.
He's a strong man to have come forward and shared his experience, but by doing so he opened a window into Cousins character aside from his sexual crimes. A totally diagusting person.
It's also crazy that that "friend" stayed friends with him after Cousins shot their mutual friend in the crotch. He should have stayed away from Cousins afterward-out of solidarity for his friend and because he had seen what Cousins was like.
I truly believe that Anyone to be hired into a position of authority, should be tested for narcissistic behavior 😮
Being tested for overall criminality is more important, as is under the radar serious mental disorders of several types. Some narcissistic personalities make excellent cops, provided they are particular subtypes and a
mild form of it, ie treatable.
@AMunoz-rh9cz nah, im not ok with cops who need mental health...
police corruption is a huge problem in the states as im sure everyone knows. i’ve known of deputies in my county who have abused their wives or girlfriends & use the fact that no one will believe them, and even if they do they won’t charge their buddy/co-worker 🤬 it’s true. there’s been cops who have killed their spouses or ex’s; male & female officers. the abuse of power is appauling. iwe need an outside company who monitors law enforcement & government officials to watch for suspicious patterns & investigate further if something is found, then remove them from their jobs & prosecute them.
Being stalked by a former PO and knowing the police at the station near me side with him has been HELL.
There needs to be oversight now! I agree.
Power tripper. Sadly there are a few/lot of police who are turned on by the "Power" given over others by the uniform.
Effing disgusting. In Finland police have to go through a personality test before being accepted to the BA level policing degree that all police are required to have before being employed.
What a great documentary!!! So well presented!!! 😊😊
I agree. Very well presented and edited.
Women of the World need to stand together. Our election just showed me that I am considered a second class citizen. It is so very sad. But, I will never give up. I have always spoken truth to power. Of course, not alotta promotions in my career. Oh, well. I worry for our younger women coming up now. 🙏 Greetings from Weehawken, NJ.
You've been lied to! Our President wants equal rights for everyone! He's not "taking away your right to have an abortion"! He's always said it's a state issue, and the Supreme court agreed! Federal government should not set rules for women's health, either side of the issue we're on. I highly suggest you stop watching mainstream media!
Trump just signed an order protecting women in sports and their locker room! You are not a second class citizen! Harris is the least qualified woman to run for President. Women were protected when Trump ended DEI discrimination against white qualified women, because a company needed to hire a black woman or lesbian/or trans! Your chances for promotion are now only determined by how hard you are willing to work for it!
I had a disturbing interaction with a N.S.W. police officer when I was about 19 and he would have been 30 plus. His young partner saw and (had to) say nothing. I escaped unharmed by literally shutting my front door on him but I can only imagine what else has occurred to others.
Research shows that many coercive control cases being prosecuted are perpetrated by so-called pinnacles of the community - mayors, pastors, police, doctors etc, etc. Don't just divulge abuse to anyone, suss them out and make sure they are safe and not just wearing a mask.
I’m really impressed by the upper officials willingness to speak so frankly and open about the mistakes made by their own departments failure to vet that horrible man.
Music is too loud! Can barely hear the story!
The actual saying is one bad apple ruins the entire barrel
It doesn't mean that one is an outlier, it means it causes the rest to rot if you don't get rid of it. We seem to have forgotten the point of that truism
'Society does not believe women': one of the core problems. Makes you think if a singular Policeman tells you to get in his car: request another Pioliceman. Can't imagine Sarah driving all that distance and not thinking something was wrong? Never let a Perpetrator take you from First place of encounter....
I was thinking the same thing. I'd ring emergency and ask for the police and give my location. It's like they say if you notice you're being followed when your driving, head to the closest police station. But it's easy to say these things in retrospect, sometimes in the heat of the moment you're too scared or confused or trusting. Such a horrific situation.
It wasn't her fucking fault. Stop this shit that if she'd done something different , it would have been a different outcome. You aren't that great, or perfect. You'd have been murdered too in the same circumstances.
The documentary was very disturbing to hear of police coverups and abuse of power within police dept. Lord states: Evil company corrupts good habits, and in this case you see how the corruption flourish within the department. Sickening! My heart breaks for all of the victims and I pray for them to find peace in their spirits and that their rapist will be held accountable for their crimes. Thanks for sharing this documentary, it was very conformable and disturbing to hear how deep the corruption ran.
In the U.S. there was a system set up in the 1800's to help slaves escape their owners, and set them up in the North. It was called the Underground Railroad. We need to set up the same type of system for battered spouses (women and men) to be able to leave domestic violence situations, and not be found by their perpetrators.
Being reported and nothing coming from the investigation means his coworkers covered it up. Until outside investigators investigate any complaint, this will never change.
Couzins wasn't that clever. He left a digital trail behind him. I would have thought he would have left his cell phone at home....
This made me sick to my stomach.
Sarah looks so beautiful, 23:51 young and innocent. And,this monster terminated her life.
The background music and ambience is earsplitting, whilst the narration is barely discernible. No thanks I’ll take a hard pass on this…
Bye. ADH 😅😅😅😅😅😅
😂😂😂 music was a great addition . Rest of us can hear fine, maybe get your ears checked.
@@waffle_chair9269 You know, you are right. When I did an experiment, and listened to it with ultra cheap dime store speakers 🔊, it sounded okay. Heck it might even have been produced to listen via a paper cup and string.
Yes, I agree, I missed most of the narration due to intrusive sound effects.
@@margaretr5701 It really depends on your device. I've had to adjust sound settings to get the audio somewhat leveled, and I'm using excellent equipment. These trolls talking and wallowing in trash are likely watching it on garbage systems.
Good Luck!
"Evil prevails when good people do nothing."
Damn cops 😠
Let's hope you never have cause to call on them then ....
It’s shocking that there’s less than 100 people in England and Wales with whole life tariffs. And there’s many that have been quashed! What is WRONG with their “justice” system?!
You might better ask why their crime rate is so much lower than the US; that is far more important.
Well, I was always wondering why police at demonstrations more often than not pick on women demonstrators to be extra violent with. Not just in Great Britain but in other countries as well. Now I know.
What a horrible arse 🙄 God bless 🙌 🙏 the beautiful girl😢😢
Saying you are born a certain way is a pathetic way of avoiding the truth and struggling with the evil inside.
Ah so that was the reason for the dog appointment. Seen the story before but just thought the vet call was weird, that he was vicious to people but so concerned for his little doggies feelings.
Outside of this topic, it often annoys me that people aren't more thoughtful about what they hear. So on this topic, it has long annoyed me that people seem to not remember or are unaware that the actual saying is that 1 bad apple SPOILS THE BUNCH. It's the entire point of the saying. Of course, one random bad apple isn't bad for all the other random apples. A bad apple spreads the rot to the other apples that are all around it. But people say it on the new, or the cops try to defend their dept with it, & it should have been immediately slapped down as either foolish or deliberately misleading.
I truly wish I could understand this comment above
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I wonder what kind of welcome people like these receive once they are in prison? 🤔
Many are in protective custody. Being a sex offender cop is doubly dangerous for the offender.
I just shake my head at this. Not because of the disgusting rot that is obvious in UK policing. There are no surprises there. Do you think the troubles in Northern Ireland would have lasted so long if it wasn't for the Protestant Ulster Constabulary. I just found the correlation between American school shootings and the political lip service about tightening gun control, and the internal inquiries conducted by the UK police force to make recommendations that are not rigorously enforced is essentially the same end game.
The narrative is too low in volume and the music is too loud. I can't properly hear the full narration.
Love the content but the music is to loud.
Agree! Speech needs to overpower background music and sound effects! I'm hearing impaired and couldn't watch!
Finish the Phrase- one bad apple... RUINS THE BUNCH! Unless ALL of the "bad apples" are removed the bunch is still ruined. To all the women, and the men coming forward I wish you peace for the future. Your bravery is not unnoticed, and is So important
POLICE HAVE TOO MUCH POWER!!!!!!
Thier job is to harass and collect. Its just a power thing
Keep up the great work on making change even though it should of been done by the police themselves to start with. God bless!!!
The music that plays while they're talking is so loud, key words can not be understood. Leaving at 2:23
Another reason people need to know their rights!!! Why isn’t anyone in this documentary questioning why most people would do what a police officer says? If you aren’t breaking the law, you don’t need to do what they say at all?? If people knew this, these cops wouldn’t get a chance to do this either. Blame is on both sides here. Do you leave your infant with a stranger? Why not? You should be able to, because people should be good, but that isn’t the reality, hence you take measures to minimise danger to yourself and your kin. Learn your rights. If that poor girl had been taught hers, she’d have smelled a rat, and would be alive today. Life is a game of odds. Just like police checks before hiring helps, there’s no guarantees.
Your part of the problem 😠
Victim blaming much🙄 this is a woman who had minimal if any contact with police in her life. Society conditions us to trust police offers and Drs and any other people who works within the public service fields. We trust that the correct checks are done before a person is pit into a position of trust like they are. Wea k is our rights to be safe and to be treated as human beings. Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen and that is never a fault on our side.
The police failed by putting him on the job in London when he already had an incident on his record. They failed again by not investigating when he was indecently exposing himself 4 days before he kidnapped the woman. If they had of investigated him for flashing, he would have lost his 'warrant card' what is known as a police badge in other countries. Without his warrant card, he wouldn't have been able to convince the woman he was a policeman or that he had any kind of authority. Don't blame the victim for trusting a police officer. It's the police who failed the victim over and over and over again.
I'm soo sad for what they did to the girl and that man that got set up and bit up by the bullies, they should of stop them for being bullies but probably they didn't do anything about it and past the years he killed that beautiful young lady, and who knows how many more young ladies were killed by those two guys. Bullying it's diabolical and it has to be stopped from the beginning.
My sons they used to get bullied untill they learn to fight and they used to bit up the bullies that used to bullied children that did not know how to defend themselves. Bullying should be stop immediately it's evil.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
The fact they paid so much attention to what people say and lock them up just over words and not really focusing on the bad apples is what got their ass into this spot…
I remember the day the news broke. I haven’t shut up since. Rest in peace sweet Sarah. We’re so sorry. I’m so sorry to all my sisters and brothers who stand with me as survivors ♥️ we are strong. 💪🏼
Sad that the victims can't name their offenders.
" deep-rooted issues within law enforcement" nope this how the system was made to work. They don't miss red flags they look for them in those they hire.
Cops being cops.
But that's not a good reason,
@ricknelsonm Who said that it was?
Really why do they play music when your trying to hear what's going on.
From the top down
And just the lack of care even when they say that they care about what happens to you their actions are just enough to sweep what happened to you underneath the rug😢😢
The bloody loud music is annoying.
I wanted to reach in to the screen and pull Sarah out of danger. So very sad and shocking. My thoughts are with her family and friends 😔
We live in a sick sick world
This is such a good program people need to know and understand but there is one thing that I would really want to see happen I would love to see someone come here to spend an outsider come to speak in Galicia all these please and investigate these abuse of women here by Spanish citizens
"Flashing" stalking and peeping are not "minor" crimes They should be taken very seriously by Police
They're warnings and indicators of more serious, violent crimes
What a Scarry story should the top officers in the department face criminal behavior bc this is not only one or two people this is gangs the top people they know what's going on 😭😭😭😭
9nw bad apple??? Ye dont care about the people... ye take ur oath to the crown right? 1666 Cestui Que Vie Trust....
More like very few good cops
As a kid (I was born in 1971) my parents were firm believers that police were beyond reproach + certainly wouldn't be guilty of any crimes. They were reluctant to accept wrongdoing, by police, even when I was involved in a case but I think it's understandable that people find it hard to come to terms with when they're made to realise things aren't how they always imagined them to be.
They did, though, it's not as if their little angel could possibly be lying (humour......attempt), they knew I was telling the truth + in the end it was proven beyond doubt.
From then on, I think my M + D found it progressively easier to accept the fact that police, like any other organisation, have an element, a wrong'un, scum sort of element, it's inevitable.
Weeding them out is clearly not happening, you could say the opposite has to some extent been the result, that unit Couzens was in had at least 2 complete psychos in its ranks, that we know of.
Coppers don't mix with the rest of society like we regular folks do, you can see how they end up in intense groups + falling out with those in it would be difficult + blowing the whistle on something would be a huge move, so they probably don't.
'The Rapist', the nickname with the mystery origin, is it too obvious, maybe he raped someone??? You can't tell me it's not possible, it's quite likely, ffs!!! They all know he did it, but they weren't there so who knows what went on??? Some don't think it's a big deal, anyway.
Like the guy said, they were a gang of coppers + anyone else wasn't welcome.......... I doubt there were many who showed any interest, truth be known, people don't often choose to hang out with Old Bill, in fact they avoid their company like the plague!
I've come across police (in the UK) who, to be frank, were terrible c**ts, but only account for a small minority, the rest I always found were perfectly decent, although they do have that annoying habit of arresting you.
They all do, law-enforcement types the world over can't help themselves it seems, but it's not, however, a popularity contest so they really don't care who they upset, or arrest. People, in return, don't much care for them, the previously mentioned c**ts being the principal issue, or more to the point how to identify + avoid hiring them is the gold ticket.
It is in the UK, at least, where some of the hiring has proven to be fatally misguided + it remains to be seen if trust can ever be restored???
A cop who has never held a gun is astonishing to me! The guy seemed like he was afraid of them! 🙄😂
That’s so very true
That annoying music in the background is sooo disturbing.
Shame on Britain!!!
Disgusting. 😢
I am having an issue with the use of music while people are talking, will pass on this one
I live in the US, we have the same intimidation tactics from our police. It’s one big power trip for some of the officers. I think they intimidate the higher ranked officers .
Too many advertisements.
There has been a few of them but this one is just a ruthless narcissist murder.
Same ole song and dance - women don't matter!
A lot to be said for We investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing?
The reason this has continued for EONS is because men are physically more powerful - and deranged. When women decide enough is enough and they recognize things will NOT change until the power is balanced. If all women carried personal protection this would balance out the imbalance of power and this atrocity would end.
HORROR! Has something to the BETTER happened and made UK police force trustworthy? Because it is a huge swamp that has to be drained!!!
Rolle. Play😢
Not surprising in the least.
Wow what a police
The problem is, several of the officers should never have been hired! Where's the accountability for those who hired these rapist cops, but did not do a thorough background check. Do they get a psych exam and lie detector test before being hired? This could not have happened, if people did their job! There needs to be surprise drug testing, lie detector tests and psych exams, before they're hired, and every year thereafter!
I had to stop watching due to the loud, annoying music that made it difficult to hear what was being said. Very unprofessional.
I'll never watch this channel again. The commercials are almost as frequent and long as the actual program. Signs that it is a network channel.
I think person in grey sweater is an old man ? But anyways these stories are very sad.
Whatever happened with the friend who was shot in his testies? Geez, Either Google or TH-cam won't let me type the word?
Music is blasting the brain out ! Stupid !
"What's at stake here..." is women's lives and safety.
I'm not taking anything away from this documentary. But how about doing a story on the reverse of this. It exists.
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Wow
I like listening to stories. I don't understand why you need to also read them.
Perhaps for people who may be hard of hearing
this is Fiminist shit !!!
Wow