A Bit Ott, Dont You Think?

[piggynose]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/05/08/child-screams-horror-dad-tasered-police-petrol-station-12673451/amp/

[ladybirder]

This case has now been referred to the Police Watchdog.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-52588425

[Neveracrossword]

LB, the link in the OP said the police had 'voluntarily referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct'. I don't know if the Police Watchdog is another body?

[ladybirder]

Nor me. Probably 'journalist speak' LOL.

[Gromit]

Very stupid to discharge a Taser at a petrol station. Some coppers are really dumb.

[emmie]

over the limit, no insurance and what was the child doing out that time of day...
maybe OTT but he should have complied with their requests.

[aelmpvw]

//he should have complied with their requests//
exactly, no one would ever be tased if they did

[Gromit]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man-appears-court-following-incident-18221787

[Gromit]

// Tasers, like other electric devices, have been found to ignite flammable materials. For this reason Tasers come with express instructions not to use them where flammable liquids or fumes may be present, such as filling stations and methamphetamine labs. //

[Spicerack]

Unlucky with the breath test.

[Spicerack]

I expect it all happened rather quickly, gromit. Not everyone is as calm and collected under stress as you obviously are.

[royfromaus]

It's not the cops fault this idiot had a child with him. All the child's upset rests solely at the door of the drunk buffoon.

Should burglars and muggers take a child with them so the police go softly-softly if they're caught?

[shoota]

Scrotes do do that Roy, especially those delivering/collecting drugs - ordinary family saloon with an ordinary family in it, much less likely to be stopped than a black flashed up BMW with two dudes in shades.
Jus' sayin'...

[youngmafbog]

I'll wait until the investigation where the FULL facts will come out I am sure.

At present though it looks to me like the Police dealt with a threat well. About time plod stood up to law breaking scum.

Lets hope the Courts deal with the man in the same manner. The child has nothing to do with anything. If Police didnt take action because there was a child there every criminal would take a child with them.

[tamborine]

Act beastly & treated as a beast!

[naomi24]

Why is everyone so concerned? If he hadn't chosen to put himself in that position it wouldn't have happened.

[Spicerack]

Some people on here always say the police, etc should be 'gentler' when restraining suspects.
I reckon if they were being attacked and they had a double-barrel shotgun handy.......

[shoota]

Some people on here have never tried to reason with or restrain a drunk/high reprobate who didn't want to be reasoned with or restrained Spice.
It isn't as easy as the TV makes it out to be.

[royfromaus]

Not sure why you included the word 'everyone' in your last post, naomi.

[shoota]

Also what seems to be going over the heads of some is that the reason Police were equipped with tasers is so that they didn't have to resort to using major force (sticks, batons, guns...) where the risk of real and fatal injury is much greater.

[Spicerack]

I suspect you're right about the TV, shoota.