Police - excessive force on this week's news

[Ken Figenus]

Be good to see how this one ends - are there any updates? I hope the copper will be human about it and state that he over reacted by using violence on a person that was clearly difficult but not in any way aggressive or violent for at least the many minutes we viewed. Maybe he will apologise to the guy and learn from it? Or maybe, and sadly like many here, he will be in denial about what we actually see and will try to close ranks and muddy the waters by saying we don't know what happened before. To me that is more akin to jumping to wider conclusion that judging it on what you actually see and that cant be made up, concocted or covered. Anything and everything is being said to deflect and excuse and that has changed my attitude to what I previously (and more supportively) posted. Lets hope it goes the 'man up' rather than 'weasel' way (we are all human and screw up sometimes - especially if on a learning curve) and that no one loses any significant respect here.

[Bigends]

hora said:

Rovinghawk said:

If he's not able to do the job properly then he shouldn't be doing the job.

Difficult one as you are told not to be a hero/go in gung ho. Saying that if he had been more pro active/acted with common sense it wouldn't have left his colleague hanging and flailing.

What would you have done? I know what I'd have done but then I've got a lot of life experience. This chap might be in his early 20's.

If he wasn't happy that the action being taken by the other officer was reasonable, necessary and lawful then he was right not to join in

Edited by Bigends on Wednesday 4th May 11:24

[superlightr]

Bigends said:

If he wasn't happy that the action being taken by the other officer was reasonable, necessary and lawful then he was right not to join in

Edited by Bigends on Wednesday 4th May 11:24

or perhaps stop it? perhaps.

[hora]

Bigends said:

If he wasn't happy that the action being taken by the other officer was reasonable, necessary and lawful then he was right not to join in

Edited by Bigends on Wednesday 4th May 11:24

Good point.

[Rovinghawk]

superlightr said:

or perhaps stop it? perhaps.

In the case of the prisoner being tortured in Peterlee police station there were several police who just walked by before one had the decency to stop it.
Ditto Simon Hardwood beating a innocent pedestrian- none of the others chose to intervene.

The presumption is that stopping such action isn't normal.