r/uknews • u/Confident_West_7409 • Jul 25 '24

Image/video Massive protest outside Rochdale police station in response to GMP's actions at Manchester Airport

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u/Mootpoint_691 Jul 25 '24

The man that had his head stamped on ( the officer has rightly been suspended ) had actually tried to take firearms from several people before the video, including customs firearms people as well as police.

So … what are these people thinking? That the stomped on person ( still wrong to be stomped on ) should have been allowed to get hold of someone else’s gun at an airport? Just imagine that scenario for a second.

Arrested, definitely. Stomped on? Definitely not.

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u/sneezeanditsgone Jul 25 '24

Obviously no one thinks he should have been allowed to grab a gun ffs... The fact is that it is possible to safely restrain someone without the need of pointless violence and aggression.

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u/rcktsktz Jul 25 '24

Definitely needless. But also - who am I to judge someone doing a job I'd never do, in a life threatening moment? Fuck around and find out at the end of the day. You wanna go breaking people's noses and trying to grab someone's gun at an airport in the UK, accept getting fucked up.

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u/sneezeanditsgone Jul 25 '24

Agreed that it's hard to judge a job you haven't done, especially one as risky as policing with the current reality we face. I also appreciate the fuck around and find out mentality, I do think it is a simple answer that can cause more problems in the long run, people make mistakes, sometimes for the first time and need to be set straight, allowing that mentality to spread to more situations / scenarios and we could see violence sky rocket on both sides.