In 1975’s The Return of the Pink Panther, French inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) stands outside a bank, so busy reprimanding a blind busker (really a fully sighted lookout) for not having a license that he fails to notice that inside a robbery is taking place. When the robbers emerge, Clouseau mistakes them for members of the public and assists them into their vehicle. When the bank manager runs out, aiming his gun at the getaway car, Clouseau beats him over the head with his baton.
The level of incompetence with which policemen assist thugs and punish law-abiders is all too real in the United Kingdom. And not nearly so amusing.
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