There's A Lot Of Ignorance Going Around, Stella...

Stella Headley, co-founder of Rastafari Movement UK, said Ms Farrell's treatment was 'abhorrent'.

She said: 'Within our faith, females tend to cover their hair and the dress code is to wear longer skirts and dress modestly.

'We don't wear tight clothes and don't reveal flesh.'

Accusing the force of 'institutional racism', she added: 'There's an ignorance that runs through the force that doesn't respect people's faiths or cultures.'

Well, while we're discussing 'ignorance', what about ignorance of the law and how one behaves when there's a dispute? Because Hertfordshire Police had to put up with a lot from your client... 

Miss Farrell was arrested in August 2018 when she sat on her partner's car to stop it being towed away in Stevenage.

When she refused to give her name at the station she was moved to a cell monitored by round-the-clock CCTV.

As will always happen when you obstruct the police. Why would you assume that this would be a winning gambit?

Except...these days, it is: 

Deputy Chief Constable Michelle Dunn said: 'I am extremely sorry for any injuries that you suffered as a result of the actions of Hertfordshire Police.'

The force said detainees are now given 'joggers and jumpers'.

Miss Farrell had to appoint a solicitor to handle her civil claim for wrongful arrest after Hertfordshire Police's professional standards department rejected her complaint.

And £45,000 of taxpayer's money handed to this woman is the result. Plus the amount of wasted time and resources. 

Dal Babu, who was one of the UK's most senior British-Asian officers as a former Met chief superintendent, said Hertfordshire Police had made a 'catalogue of mistakes'.

They weren't the only ones, but they are on the hook for it. Enjoy the £45k (or however much of it is left after your legal fees are paid) but if you think I had a low opinion of the Rastafarian religion before, imagine how low it's sunk if you're a typical example of a follower...