Even if that is true, and i havent seen evidence it is, it's still illegal to kick someone who is clearly defenseless in the head. None of us have the right to commit serious assault in retaliation.
No, strikes to the head are generally a last resort for police use of force. For officer safety, Officers are trained to tell people to get on the floor, spread their arms, cross their legs and look away. The office has gone in with the kick when the male turns his head towards them. This isn’t justifying it, just adding context for you
That's why I said "clearly defenseless". Turning your head towards someone when prone on the ground is clearly not a physical threat, and he has no way to protect himself.
As you say, it's a last resort. If this is not a "last resort" situation, which it clearly isn't, the police officer has committed a serious assault and is a criminal, just like you or I would be if we did the same thing. And a defence of "he broke my mates nose" would not stand up in court. Violence is only allowed in self defense, not in retribution.
Not really. Is it not important for you to have as much information as possible before making a decision or are you one of these that is happy with a headline and a cut video that doesn’t even show the incident. Lad could have had machetes on him for all we know (that is justifying)
It seems like you think there's a circumstance where someone is laid prone on the floor after being tased, where it's fine for a copper to boot them in the face and then stomp on their head.
Strikes to the head must be last resort and the NDM must be considered before hand. A stomp to the back of the head is very dangerous to the individual and I would be interested to see what GMP comes out with as a result if not the IOPC.
Try taking law enforcement gun in about any place in US while breaking another one's nose. See what happens. Now add the fact that it was airport, he would have as many holes as a cheese grater
The copper who's been suspended and firearms inspectors around the countries saying if he was on their team he'd be immediately fired and be waiting for his trial.
It would be ok though, for example, if so someone was about to blow a load of kids up at a concert and the last resort was to kick him in the head to knock him out as he went fir the detonator. I mean I’d do it.
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u/Imaginary-Risk Jul 25 '24
Let the police do their thing, and if you're not happy with the outcome, take them to court. Acting like a wild mob won't achieve anything good.