Is the behaviour of the police in the video below acceptable?
Personally I think it is far from acceptable but I also don't think the guy who died is an innocent bystander. He looks to be deliberately winding the police up
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/7988828.stm
Isn't the G20 a long distance path somewhere in Europe? Seems a bit heavy handed way of protecting it.
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I would disagree about him winding up the police.Originally Posted by novice
The lad was not in any sort of aggressive pose and to attack a defenceless man from behind is cowardice in anyone book.
Justice should be brought on the one guilty officer (he should lose his job).
But we don't want them all tarred with the same brush.
It just looks to me that he deliberately walked slowly and didn't get out of the way of the police just to wind them up.
However fully agree that he shouldn't have been pushed
Is that all? Just because someone wears a uniform does NOT make them above the law. This was a cowardly attack from behind on someone who was causing no apparent trouble and seemingly represented no threat to law and order.
In my book, that makes this either assault or manslaughter and criminal charges should be made.
As normal, people are making judgements on something that they know nothing about.
Without the full facts how can you possibly make this type of comment!
Don't let the "truth" get in the way of a "good story".
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Sorry Flightless Bird but I don't understand what there is to know?
The video shows a man walking away from the police and clearly, in that regard, posing NO threat to them.
A police officer then clearly lunges at the defenceless man, possibly hitting him in the leg with a baton but definitely sending him crashing to the ground.
WHATEVER may have happened in the moments leading up to the incident, the police CANNOT act in that way.
I'm well aware that the police sometimes face extreme provocation (though there's nothing to suggest that here) but I'm afraid part of their job is to maintain their discipline and not carry out such attacks.
Mr 1470.
You have answered your own question by using the words "POSSIBLY" and "DEFINATELY" in the same paragraph.
Possibly you know what happened. But you definately saw that video.
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I agree with you - why was he moving so slowly away? If I saw 10 riot police with police dogs coming towards me, I'd scarper sharpish, regardless of whether I'd done anything or not!
However, he did have his hands in his pockets and was moving (slowly) away with his back to the officers. The officer concerned should be investigated by the IPCC at the very least, although I think a manslaughter charge is a bit extreme, as he clearly got up and walked away.
Last edited by TheHeathens; 08-04-2009 at 04:06 PM.
He was definitely stepping on the cracks in the pavement.
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