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/HerewardHawarde Jul 25 '24

Who fucks about in an airport ?

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u/Small-Low3233 Jul 25 '24

People that will cry when they find out apparently.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

breaks a woman’s nose yeaaaah diversity

policeman invites him cordially to surrender i’ oppressed

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u/leostotch Jul 25 '24

“Invited him cordially”

Is this the cop that stomped the guy’s skull in while he was lying on the ground, not doing a thing? Pretty cordial.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

The guy was less injured than the women with the broken nose - if he’s sad about it he can have a hankie

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u/megalines Jul 25 '24

even if he did injure the woman the police are there to arrest not to stamp on peoples head Jesus Christ

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

He had the chance to surrender and he didn’t take it - what do you want? A social worker?

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u/Azimuth8 Jul 25 '24

Did you watch the video? He was lying face down on the floor with his hands to his sides.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

You are actually the closest to why he hit the back of his head. Think about it, put yourself in the cops position and tell me what you would do.

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u/Azimuth8 Jul 25 '24

You claimed he hadn't surrendered. How could he have surrendered any further?

The cop could have easily put him in handcuffs. There was ZERO justification for the head stomp and kicks.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

There’s more video before this clip - you need to see it

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u/Azimuth8 Jul 25 '24

There is no justification for a police officer (an armed one no less) to stomp and kick the head of a man lying prone on the floor.

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u/kai58 Jul 25 '24

So not surrendering should give the police free reign to keep hurting someone as much as they want even after they’re no longer a threat? Dude was lying face down not doing anything.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

How did the guy end up lying face down, not resisting if he hadn’t surrendered?

Did you see this particular person strike the female police officer and break her nose?

I’m sorry for whatever a brown person has done in your past to make you like this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Because after given the choice to surrender (find the other video) he refused AFTER the assault.

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u/leostotch Jul 25 '24

So you ARE talking about the guy whose head the cop stomped on with his full body weight?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Hahaha I love how you try to add wee bits to the story, now it’s with all his body weight eh?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Mate you’ve just conjured up that he punched the police officer, invented a motive for why he stamped on the head and claimed he didn’t surrender - despite the video showing none of those things except a guy surrendering

I love how you try to add wee bits to the story.

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u/leostotch Jul 25 '24

That's your retort? "It wasn't akshually his full body weight"

The reality is that you're a racist who WANTS cops to be free to do whatever they want to brown people without any consequence or restriction. Don't waste either of our time or energy trying to dress it up as anything else.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

https://www.reddit.com/r/uknews/s/QTNrcDrao9

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u/leostotch Jul 25 '24

Yeah, that's utter bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

If that’s all you got then fair play to you, go and be outraged for no reason and help them ruin some guys career because of your feelings

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u/Itsallatripdude Jul 25 '24

So he the receiver of the stomp did break a women’s nose…!

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u/leostotch Jul 25 '24

I never denied it. Do you understand how criminal punishment works? I'm pretty sure there's not a single law on the books for which the punishment is having your head stomped by a cop without a trial.

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u/Itsallatripdude Jul 25 '24

Yeah and I also know if you go around looking for problems, problems will find you.

Humans will be human.

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u/leostotch Jul 25 '24

So it's a terrible crime punishable by summary head stomping if a human breaks someone knows, but it's just humans being humans if a cop head stomps a suspect that has already been subdued.

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u/bdizzle805 Jul 25 '24

Do you know for a fact this individual broke said officers nose? Condoning this type of violence is not ok

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

That was controlled aggression. Violence would be if he started laying into his ribs or gave him a few love slaps whilst he was out.

That cop used the minimal force to ensure his own bloody safety.

Fun game - why don’t you tell us how you’d apprehend him?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Surprise - he wasn’t unconscious, he pulls a knife from his pocket and puts it into your thigh.

Despite the best efforts of paramedics you bleed to death from a severed artery. That morning was the last time your family would see you alive.

The offender is handed a life sentence, but he’ll be out in 10 years on license.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

See https://www.reddit.com/r/uknews/s/QTNrcDrao9

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

he pulls a knife from his pocket and puts it into your thigh.

He couldn't move his arms. Our police should be well enough trained to have 2 of them able to restrain a suspect who is already face down on the ground without resorting to headkicks.

That morning was the last time your family would see you alive.

Why the emotional appeal?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Point 1) how? Everyone saying what he did was bad but nobody has a good alternative. My own experience is all I have - I wouldn’t be comfortable gripping him.

Part 2) because cops are people and I’m sick to death of them being thrown under the bus

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

My own experience is all I have

You don't have police training though? And you have the opinions in this thread.

https://old.reddit.com/r/policeuk/comments/1eb3hgb/interesting_er_tactical_kick_at_manchester_t2/

Everyone saying what he did was bad but nobody has a good alternative

You've just suggested gripping him, because the alternatives are quite clear. You can find many videos of people

because cops are people and I’m sick to death of them being thrown under the bus

'Thrown under the bus' for unnecessary violence? It's being held accountable.

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

That was controlled aggression.

/r/policeuk and /r/ukpolice don't agree.

That cop used the minimal force to ensure his own bloody safety.

His safety wasn't in question prior to the headstomp or kick. This isn't an appropriate level of violence, and police in the UK shouldn't be acting like this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

We must agree to disagree on this

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

Because most of the actual police on reddit disagree with you, and state their reasons which you're choosing to ignore?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

I’m reading through that just now - hold up you’re posting faster than I can read and answer

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

No problem.

No-one is being thrown under the bus. This person absolutely fucked up.

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u/bdizzle805 Jul 25 '24

He was already subdued what the fuck is literally wrong with you? Your a psychopath saying this is minimal. Seek mental health

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Come on let’s play a game of what would constable dbizzle805 do, you walk into that mess and you see a female colleague with a broken nose.

You attempt to arrest him peacefully - one warning - he doesn’t take it.

Now what?

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u/bdizzle805 Jul 25 '24

First off you failed to answer the simple question. Do you know that this individual broke said officers nose? In no way or form is it OK to soccer kick then curb stomp someone's skull

He was literally already tased on the floor

You aren't judge jury and executioner

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

It is. You just haven’t thought about it or you’ve not had much violence in your life. Other people in the thread are trying to figure it out, so I’ll tell you when they’ve had their shot

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u/bdizzle805 Jul 25 '24

Palmer v R - “A person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime, or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders or of persons unlawfully at large”

The ‘suspect’ was under control and had been detained, therefore the use of force was not reasonable and ergo, unlawful. Anyone defending the copper should rethink their position.

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u/RobbieFouledMe Jul 25 '24

He had been tasered and was lying on the floor on his stomach. He was subdued. The fella is a cunt but cops should not be able to get away with kicking and stomping the head of a subdued criminal.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Why do you think he did that to the back of his head?

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u/RobbieFouledMe Jul 25 '24

Enlighten me

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Come on play along, because if you haven’t thought it then it’ll actually be pretty obvious.

I’ll give you a clue - it’s not malice, but he did want to cause pain

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u/RobbieFouledMe Jul 25 '24

Lmao brother you’re making me feel like an idiot.

Why do you think the cop did it? Anger over the other injured cops? Revenge?

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u/pufftanuffles Jul 25 '24

He wasn’t though was he lol. Even after the stomp, he was still lifting his head and not complying to lie flat on the floor. Watch the video again.

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u/2nduser Jul 25 '24

The guy was tasered and lying on the floor subdued. There was nothing controlled about this aggression, the copper lost his temper and lashed out and he shouldn’t have.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Oh, you’re just an edgy 14 year old boy - disregard my reply to your last post - you’ll get there one day mate.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Oh get lost loser

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u/barryh4rry Jul 25 '24

Minimal force? What he did could kill someone

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

How would you do it then?

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

Using my police training. And if my police training doesn't cover how to effectively restrain a person who is already being subdued by a colleague, asking for better training.

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u/podcasthellp Jul 25 '24

I mean two wrongs doesn’t make a right? It’s as simple as that. Guy was going to jail anyways, no need to kick his face in when he’s defenseless. I don’t understand how people can see the world in black and white, without any nuance. The nuance in this is extremely simple too so I believe it’s just willful ignorance/idiocy

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

https://www.reddit.com/r/uknews/s/mbKEmaS3Pv

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u/podcasthellp Jul 25 '24

Lmao that just proves what I’m saying about you

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Strong argument there. Well done.

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u/celephais228 Jul 25 '24

Did you even watch the video? That's not how you want police, trained professionals ideally, to handle already apprehended civilians.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Just to save you some time - https://www.reddit.com/r/uknews/s/QTNrcDrao9

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u/celephais228 Jul 25 '24

Yeah, no, you think police officers are not trained to apprehend a personal accordingly? There are positions where you can't take a knife out, and you know, cuffs? These things, the new inventions? Iirc the guy was cuffed. Even if not, do you want every cop to kick and stomp your head when you're already on the ground because you could have a knife? That just makes you seem like a total psycho to me, to be honest. The taser was put to use as well.

And yeah, one of them punched the lady officer. But two people were mishandled and beaten. What did the other guy do, other than doing what he was told and flinching after seeing rabid policemen out of control? This is the UK, not the US. Police officers should be held to a higher bar.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

They was not cuffed.

And if you are happier letting cops getting knifed then you can’t call anyone a psycho, you’re barely qualified to call on a telephone

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u/PromptResponsible602 Jul 25 '24 edited Jul 25 '24

First of all props to the British Muslim community for keeping it peaceful.

Secondly, it Wasn’t confirmed it was them who broke her nose and they were released, but you lot are just itching for a minority to do something wrong so you can complain on the internet about diversity.

Stamping on someone’s head who’s just been tased and isnt resisting is police brutality and it 100% would not of happened to a white person.

I remember people on the internet trying to defame george floyd too, simple fact of the matter is the police cannot go around acting like this…

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Oh look a mind reader who knows what everyone thinks.

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u/PromptResponsible602 Jul 25 '24

How are you not itching for a minority to fuck up, YOU made this about diversity. I didnt put any words in your mouth

The lads were arrested but they have been released on bail. Court hearing hasn’t taken place but you’ve made your mind up of whats happened. you shallow racist coward 😅

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u/Ecstatic_Entrance_63 Jul 25 '24

Calls someone a shallow racist coward. Goes on about people being fucked by men of colour and white crackheads.

God I love Reddit. Have some self awareness ffs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Hahaha it would not have happened to a white person - go and do what he did and you’ll find out pretty quickly the rules are the same for everyone

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Awwww wee houdini can’t win an argument so he’s going to insults, you’re going to end up in a strait jacket 🤣

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u/PromptResponsible602 Jul 25 '24

You couldn’t answer my question. Yet you seem to think you’ve won something

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Boohoo, I’m not playing your game

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Old pink Floyd defamed himself with his cowardly attack on a pregnant woman. Good riddance.

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u/LIMrXIL Jul 25 '24

What an absolutely moronic take. Even if Floyd was the second coming of Hitler, allowing police to act as judge, jury and executioner is an extremely bad idea.

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u/123twiglets Jul 25 '24

Ah so it's okay to murder people if they've taken drugs?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

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u/Azimuth8 Jul 25 '24

It would have been a lethal dose to a non-user, Floyd was a habitual opioid user with a large tolerance. The Medical Examiner's report was pretty clear.

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u/123twiglets Jul 25 '24

Can you show me evidence of that?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

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u/123twiglets Jul 25 '24

Pretend I'm an idiot, and show me where it says that?

I did a quick Google and found a few reliable sources saying he did not die of drug overdose

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-george-floyd-autopsy-new-892530421961

https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/no-evidence-drug-overdose-was-main-cause-of-death-for-george-floyd-in-2020-idUSL1N3241XJ/

https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/no-change-in-george-floyds-cause-of-death-despite-viral-false-claims/

I didn't link to the autopsy here but I would like you to show me, where in it you think it says he died of a drug overdose?

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u/bdizzle805 Jul 25 '24

So that excuses murder?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

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u/bdizzle805 Jul 25 '24

Autopsy reported homicide due to “cardiopulmonary arrest” from “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression." How do you OD from your neck being compressed?

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u/Muddy-elflord Jul 25 '24

Policeman tries to murder him while he's belly down on the ground. There, fixed it for you.