Ridiculous thuggery. He could have killed him. That response would only have been justifiable if the youth had been running around stabbing random people.
They'd be calling for more than that! They'd want the 16 year old young chap hung drawn and quartered and his parents imprisoned for producing the kid.
Yep. Somehow, when the police assault someone, they never appear to be in the wrong in some peoples eyes.
I too have been assaulted by the police, on one occasion ending up with stiches in my head. But somehow it must have been my fault!
The ferocity of the strike following a speedy run up looks very disturbing, I'm glad there is to be an investigation with hopefully extended video footage.
It's v difficult to see what happened on the video.
However, there is no need to approach someone from behind and hit them on the head. Age is irrelevant.
Unfortunately every now and again for whatever reason an officer will go too far. Hopefully the IPC will investigate thoroughly.
Im really not sure what happened heee but sometimes rogue officers do overstep the mark. Their behaviour shouldn't reflect on the vast majority of those doing a *** job in difficult circumstances.
I saw this video this morning and thought straightaway that the lad didn’t deserve that blow from behind, to his head. The policeman could have run up and encircled the lad’s arms if he suspected the lad was going to do something terrible, (which I don’t believe.)
This will have been reported to The Police Complaints Authority . They will investigate and will NOT 'take sides' ! All the officers involved will have been immediately 'suspended from duty' !
The police are not above the law. I believe that the police are only permitted to use force (like the rest of Joe Public) in their defence or to prevent further injury. Also police training in the use of a baton states that you cannot swing over hand and you should not strike the head.