Greater Manchester Police chief constable rejects taking the knee
Stephen Watson told the Daily Telegraph he “would probably kneel before the Queen, God, and Mrs Watson, that’s it”.
He also said he was concerned about the creation of new “hate crimes” which could overwhelm police as they “sought to criminalise what people think”.
Mr Watson joined the force, which is in special measures, in May.
He told the newspaper the public were “getting a little bit fed up of virtue-signalling police officers” and would “rather we just locked up burglars”.
