Topic: Police brutality.

[Parky]

Why is there so much of it these days?

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[cp40]

surely that punching is assault, and unnecessary, therefore that policeman should be arrested and charged.

[Nixon]

Realistically its because there are so many twats who go out drinking. I'm not condoning what they did there at all, well out of order, on the few occassions I've dealt with Police I've only ever been polite and walked away, but too many dick heads give them s*** and are just knobs really, I would imagine they'd have had a bad night and just snapped.

[LiquidAK]

I don't think it's so much that there's more of it, it's just more publicised.

[chicago_shearer]

Why is there so much of it these days?

There's more CCTV/mobile phone cameras these days to catch it happening.  From what I've read/heard from friends and family, things used to be a lot worse.

[Clay]

Realistically its because there are so many twats who go out drinking. I'm not condoning what they did there at all, well out of order, on the few occassions I've dealt with Police I've only ever been polite and walked away, but too many dick heads give them s*** and are just knobs really, I would imagine they'd have had a bad night and just snapped.

Pretty much sums it up.

Not on what they did there like, but he was probably being an arsehole in the first place.

[Joey]

I can't see the clip (if there is any) as i'm at work. However, if you're committing the crime I see no problem in taking somebody down with force, even if they have to resort to punching them. End of the day, if you aren't a little scrote then you aren't going to get pulled and even if you do, just put your hands up and don't give them any reason to try take you down with force. You aren't really getting away anyway.

[Parky]

Realistically its because there are so many twats who go out drinking. I'm not condoning what they did there at all, well out of order, on the few occassions I've dealt with Police I've only ever been polite and walked away, but too many dick heads give them s*** and are just knobs really, I would imagine they'd have had a bad night and just snapped.

Pretty much sums it up.

Not on what they did there like, but he was probably being an arsehole in the first place.

So when a guy is clearly restrained with 3 on top there is a need to carry on punching him?

[Parky]

I can't see the clip (if there is any) as i'm at work. However, if you're committing the crime I see no problem in taking somebody down with force, even if they have to resort to punching them. End of the day, if you aren't a little scrote then you aren't going to get pulled and even if you do, just put your hands up and don't give them any reason to try take you down with force. You aren't really getting away anyway.

He was just talking to them 10 feet away and three run over and throw him to the ground and bang his head against the road and carry on punching him. They f***ed up cause he's a war hero.

[Clay]

Like i said it's not on what they did to the bloke.

[Ste]

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Police brutality is nowt new, it's just that there more likely to get caught these days.

[Joey]

I can't see the clip (if there is any) as i'm at work. However, if you're committing the crime I see no problem in taking somebody down with force, even if they have to resort to punching them. End of the day, if you aren't a little scrote then you aren't going to get pulled and even if you do, just put your hands up and don't give them any reason to try take you down with force. You aren't really getting away anyway.

He was just talking to them 10 feet away and three run over and throw him to the ground and bang his head against the road and carry on punching him. They f***ed up cause he's a war hero.

Fair enough, then that's pretty bang out of order.
If you run though, you deserve to be taken down, there are the obvious few who think they're above the law, but on the whole i've never had any problem with police aslong as you treat them (as you would with anybody) respect.

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

grab him, restrain him, put him in the van, cart him down the station.

Hope Lightfoot (he seemed to be the worst offender) loses his job.

[Neil]

It's fairly pathetic what they did but let's not forget the role of the media. Increased sensationalism dominates society nowadays, with bloodthirsty newspapers such as the Mirror wanting to find anything, just anything, to justify a belief that society is breaking down in every which way possible.

[Toon's Taylor]

I don't think it's so much that there's more of it, it's just more publicised.

 

[Parky]

It's fairly pathetic what they did but let's not forget the role of the media. Increased sensationalism dominates society nowadays, with bloodthirsty newspapers such as the Mirror wanting to find anything, just anything, to justify a belief that society is breaking down in every which way possible.

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[LucaAltieri]

Aren't they those special constables rather than actual police?

Also, I'm quite the fan of police brutality so long as it's applied to cheeky fuckers as opposed to a blanket rule of kicking the s*** out of everybody.

[Parky]

Aren't they those special constables rather than actual police?

Also, I'm quite the fan of police brutality so long as it's applied to cheeky fuckers as opposed to a blanket rule of kicking the s*** out of everybody.

You'll be next then?

[LucaAltieri]

Aren't they those special constables rather than actual police?

Also, I'm quite the fan of police brutality so long as it's applied to cheeky fuckers as opposed to a blanket rule of kicking the s*** out of everybody.

You'll be next then?

I don't go outdoors. I'm fine.

[Parky]

Aren't they those special constables rather than actual police?

Also, I'm quite the fan of police brutality so long as it's applied to cheeky fuckers as opposed to a blanket rule of kicking the s*** out of everybody.

You'll be next then?

I don't go outdoors. I'm fine.

[Parky]

Police to be armed with stun guns.


Tasers have been fired more than 1,000 times since 2004

Up to 30,000 police officers across all forces in England and Wales are to be trained to use Taser stun guns.
Currently, only specialist firearms officers carry the weapon, which can temporarily disable a suspect.
Now the government has announced plans to buy 10,000 more Tasers and extend their use to all frontline officers.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said police needed tools to protect themselves and the public. Amnesty International is warning against using Tasers routinely.

The Home Office plans to spend £8m on 10,000 new Tasers.
'Dangerous people'

Ms Smith said: "I am proud that we have one of the few police services around the world that do not regularly carry firearms and I want to keep it that way.
"But every day the police put themselves in danger to protect us, the public.
"They deserve our support, so I want to give the police the tools they tell me they need to confront dangerous people.
"That is why I am giving the police 10,000 Tasers to ensure that officers across the country benefit from this form of defence."
 


Of course they won't be abused. Heaven forbid. 

[Ste]

Seen a policeman with big f*** off boots in town last night like those skin heads used to wear, like the ones in This is England ( ). Bet he could give someone a good kicking with them bastards on.

[The Wise Guy]

Thats a despicable act especially when it is done by a police officer. I think it is becoming much more of a trend for the police officers, particularly in America and Europe to take the laws into their own hands and arrest anyone by any means necessary. Im not sure if they have the power to do that but if they dont, then the authorities need to step up and punish these irresponsible officers who will only give their fine organisation a bad name.

[Rob W]

Coppers have always done people over - the old "clip round the ear" (sometimes with a truncheon ) of the 50's gave way to the "fall down stairs" routine of the 60's and 70's and thence to "restraint" and now Tazers etc etc

The funny thing is that they are caught by the very CCTV cameras they forced on everyone

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

If you ever watch those TV programmes when the cameras are taken on patrol with the Police I think they are often very restrained. I'm always shouting "beat him up" when they catch some scumbag burglar or car thief. Often you'll see the cops getting hit and then when the list of stuff the person was eventually charged with is read out it doesn't include resisting arrest or assaulting a police officer even when there is filmed proof to show they did.

Being in the Police these days must be 80% dealing with drunk people.