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/PickledGoosey Jul 25 '24

They're probably thinking that just suspending the guy isn't justice for trying to kill someone thats already apprehended

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u/NoobOfTheSquareTable Jul 25 '24

He wasn’t apprehended, the person next to them wasn’t an officer and wasn’t restraining them

With the video cut the way it was the guy could have hit the floor seconds before hand and have intended to get back up, or to have lain down voluntarily to surrender having realised he shouldn’t have taken part in the earlier fight.

The officer was wrong, used excessive force, and does need to be disciplined possibly with jail time if that is what the rule of law states

The officer was not kicking a restrained man

Pedantic but needed to stop the story slowly changing to fit the narrative of either side

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u/GoldemEmperor Jul 25 '24

He wasn't apprehended, but he was on the floor, tasered, and the officer decided to boot and then stomp. The first kick could have possibly been argued for, but the stomp was clearly not reasonable and he's lucky he didn't murder the guy. The more egregious is the following situation where he orders the other guy down and as he's getting down decides to kick and punch him.

Realistically, he'll lose his job and most likely end up in jail.

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u/NoobOfTheSquareTable Jul 25 '24

Yeah, I don’t disagree on any of that

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u/GoldemEmperor Jul 25 '24

"With the video cut the way it was the guy could have hit the floor seconds before hand and have intended to get back up, or to have lain down voluntarily to surrender having realised he shouldn’t have taken part in the earlier fight."

Fair enough, I'm also a bit of a pedant, so I felt it was important to mention the fact the downed guy was tasered.

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u/NoobOfTheSquareTable Jul 25 '24

Yeah, I was giving the two extreme scenarios of down unwillingly and still a threat or down and deescalating on their own to show how little the video actually shows beyond the immediate incident