Police brutality

[Ultra]

Even though the bloke was apparently off his head, and had already put one of their colleagues in hospital, the plod's restraint techniques appear a little uninhibited.

If that's how they behave in front of an audience, I dread to think what they get up to in the nick..

[Guest]

This has just come up on the BBC World News channel. I know the guy had done wrong, but you don't taser a man lying on the ground. You certainly don't do it twice. That's tantamount to torture!!

I've seen people who have done nothing wrong put up more of a fight when being arrested, so this is bad news for those who think that if they've done nothing wrong they have nothing to worry about.

[Zingari]

This has just come up on the BBC World News channel. I know the guy had done wrong, but you don't taser a man lying on the ground. You certainly don't do it twice. That's tantamount to torture!!

I've seen people who have done nothing wrong put up more of a fight when being arrested, so this is bad news for those who think that if they've done nothing wrong they have nothing to worry about.

Even though the bloke was apparently off his head, and had already put one of their colleagues in hospital

what ?

he had done quite a lot wrong and was very uncooperative , lashing out with his feet

no sympathy with the twat !!!!

[Daggers]

He appears to be refusing to cooperate and posed a real risk to the offending officers. Do to suggest they got some flowers for him, Ultra, with a nice card asking him to please pop along to the Nick at a time of his convenience?

Doesn't seem that harsh to me.

[James.]

He appears to be refusing to cooperate and posed a real risk to the offending officers. Do to suggest they got some flowers for him, Ultra, with a nice card asking him to please pop along to the Nick at a time of his convenience?

Doesn't seem that harsh to me.

Nor me. Especially considering he'd just hospitalised a policeman. It's only a taser anyway, not going to be any long term effects, apart from maybe causing an aversion to making a cunt of himself in city centres in future.

[Tabou]

Nor me. Especially considering he'd just hospitalised a policeman. It's only a taser anyway, not going to be any long term effects, apart from maybe causing an aversion to making a **** of himself in city centres in future.

Actually 'LOL'd' at this.

I see no harm in what the police did. So what if they did punch him, or use excessive force? The bloke clearly shouldn't have broken the law in the first place. And you have got to be a bit of a tool to think you could take on 4 coppers with tazer, pepper spray, and the like.

[Leicfox]

The punching the bloke recieved just after being tasered was alittle harsh.

[Bellend Sebastian]

Having been out in Nottingham before I fully advocate the random tazering of passers by. Waiting for someone to actually do something wrong seems unnecessarily cautious

[Zingari]

Having been out in Nottingham before I fully advocate the random tazering of passers by. Waiting for someone to actually do something wrong seems unnecessarily cautious

nice one

the police are going some way to shake off their old image of racist bullies and are more prepared to give any twat a fookin good hiding these days

[Ultra]

He appears to be refusing to cooperate and posed a real risk to the offending officers. Do to suggest they got some flowers for him, Ultra, with a nice card asking him to please pop along to the Nick at a time of his convenience?

Doesn't seem that harsh to me.

How brave do you have to be to punch a bloke several times while three of your colleagues (all armed) are pinning him to the ground?

I suppose you think that behaviour deserves a medal.

[Tabou]

How brave do you have to be to punch a bloke several times while three of your colleagues (all armed) are pinning him to the ground?

I suppose you think that behaviour deserves a medal.

Or at least a certificate.

[Bellend Sebastian]

How brave do you have to be to punch a bloke several times while three of your colleagues (all armed) are pinning him to the ground?

I suppose you think that behaviour deserves a medal.

Yes, one made of chocolate.

Whether the bloke is pinned down is by the by, it's whether he continues to resist or not. If there remains a danger of him breaking free and twatting someone else then I don't see the problem with striking him again. I haven't seen the footage so I don't know if that applies in this case, mind

[Babylon]

How brave do you have to be to punch a bloke several times while three of your colleagues (all armed) are pinning him to the ground?

I suppose you think that behaviour deserves a medal.

Looked like an arm punch to me, if he isn't freeing his hands to be cuffed then expect force to be used.

It's no problem to pass 50,000 volts into him, but heaven forbid someone should punch his arm

[Jon the Hat]

At this rate we will have to pay for extra police officers to follow the ones actually working aroud to film them so we don't get half the story on youtube.

[Babylon]

At this rate we will have to pay for extra police officers to follow the ones actually working aroud to film them so we don't get half the story on youtube.

Who's going to watch the people watching?

[Tabou]

Who's going to watch the people watching?

"Won't somebody pleeeeeeeeeease think of the children!!!"

[Bellend Sebastian]

"Won't somebody pleeeeeeeeeease think of the children!!!"

Vanessa George has been appointed the new Thinking About Children Tsar. She thinks about them a lot

[Tabou]

Vanessa George has been appointed the new Thinking About Children Tsar. She thinks about them a lot

That's naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty.

[MC Prussian]

The use of the taser is justified as they're still facing resistance, but punching the guy in the face was unnecessary and overly violent in itself. Could've made a much easier arrest, but they also chose a hard/offensive way.

Oh, and going after innocent bystanders... Well done for that move, is that what they're taught at Pschool...?

[Babylon]

Punch to the face

Looked more like arm digs to me.

Oh, and going after innocent bystanders... Well done for that move, is that what they're taught at Pschool...?

You mean the guy at the end who was shoving his face in where it shouldn't have been. His own mate moves forward and pulls his top to try and get him to move back. Again, only has himself to blame.

[MC Prussian]

Looked more like arm digs to me.

Correct, my bad. You have to watch it closely and follow the movement of his fist, though.

You mean the guy at the end who was shoving his face in where it shouldn't have been. His own mate moves forward and pulls his top to try and get him to move back. Again, only has himself to blame.

Sort of agree, but a stern telling off would've sufficed...?

[Shrenchel]

The geezer was clearly being a fooking spoon. Probably deserved it.

Don't agree with use of taser full stop though. A mate saw some plod do it to a guy in Leeds that was just being a drunken mess more than aggressive. The coppers then made a couple of people that had filmed it on their phones delete it under the new 'terrorism' legilsation.

[Zingari]

the woman in white could have at least flashed her tits off

[Jon the Hat]

I can understand the police wanting no one to get close for a number of reasons, but I don't think they should expect passers by not to talk to them, and in pushing someone away they are really asking for more trouble.

[Koke]

That bloke in Nottingham was probably 25-30 years old so he does possess some level of danger to the offices by being a complete knobhead, but how about taser a 72-year old woman for traffic violation. He could have easily arrest her with one of his hands tied behind his back.