http://tinyurl.com/3fqj2lw
It would appear that this policeman is to be sent for trial, charged with manslaughter.
Do you think this is a little over the top, and this officer as been made a scapegoat in some way?
Yes it was obvious that the man was pushed but was that the cause of his death?
Did he fall and fracture his head? No.
Did the push cause internal bleeding? No.
He was in fact in the middle of a very violent riot almost, maybe he wasn't taking part, but he had been warned a number times.
The police as well as our military have a very difficult and at times a very dangerous job to do, and too many times in the heat of a disturbance or a battle, snap decisions have to be made, and as a result a death is caused.
If an innocent bystander happens to walk across a battle field, it is not the military who is to blame if he is killed, the same applies in a police incident, the message is simple if you don't want to get hurt, keep out of the way.
I know that all the cop bashers on here will be queuing up to cry me down over this, but like them or loath them, there may come a time when one might need them.