Ahh it all makes sense now! The sadism of the met. Vile. I can not believe the off duty cop isn't facing retribution. Reasonable force? Pffft. What kind of example does this set! Absolutely vile.
As has been said the guy was already restrained If this copper is willing to head butt the guy in full glare of the public ; when any threat was already neutralised ;i wonder what he is prepared to do to other people , when there is no one around in a non life threatening situation . Whatever you think of the guy is irrelevant in the circumstances I certainly wouldn't...
Look at the video again please. Observe the police officer actually getting into position to * head but* the man. So not even an impulsive response, but premeditated.
Is that what the much vaunted Hendon training teaches then?
You get a freebie at the end just to make sure.
Yes the police have a horrible job but outright assault of a restrained offender is surely not part of their duties.
That part of the altercation is beyond the pale.
I do not have a problem spath, stand by what I said 100% and am happy with my post. Think what you, or anyone, else likes, I really do not give a toss. I'd like to shake this cop's hand to tell the truth. Go ahead, have another dig, but please be assured, I do not care.
Even as a victim... the last thing I would want, would be an angry, out of control, violent copper turning up with an inflated sense of self-importance.
Insane, I know... but I would actually expect the police force to behave better than the criminals.
Considering the man had a scrap with another man over a train seat and didn't get arrested for this, then proceeded to get manhandled by all sorts of men, eventually to get headbutted, then arrested I'd go as far to say not only did the cop act as bad as the criminal, but in fact worse.
The man didn't get arrested for the scrap he had, but rather for giving off the impression he had a knife. Madness.
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