I am just disgusted and so very disappointed with the British governing establishment over the handling of this...and now to suspend the whistleblower?

While I am pleased that The Guardian has been pushing this story, their leader on it is overly generous:

Sir Ian's statements to the public about the shooting have not been satisfactory. The old questions - what did he know and when did he know it? - apply with some force. Until we know the answers it will be impossible to say for sure whether the commissioner tried to deceive or merely erred in his early comments. We shall have to see.

"Not been satisfactory?"

I wonder what color skin the writer of the leader has? If asked, I'm sure that he/she would loudly protest that it doesn't matter...that the question is inappropriate. Tell that to a brown person walking around London today. I'd like to know if the leader writer had to think about whether or not to wear a coat for fear that some policeman might think it's not cool enough for a coat...and then shoot.

Honest mistakes do happen, though this seems more incompetent than honest. Coverups take the honesty out of mistakes and make them criminal.