The authorities are very good at exploiting this. If you ask the average British person about the police shooting of Jean Charles De Menzies they will say that he ran from the police and jumped over a ticket barrier before being shot because that is the lie the police initially leaked to the press and was reported on the front pages the next day.

The truth is he calmly walked through the station, paid his fare, picked up a free newspaper and then boarded a train before being restrained by an officer and then shot seven times in the head.