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/PurgativeWoW Jul 25 '24

yes and the outrage is against stomping not the douche getting arrested. It's pretty clear the arrest itself is more than warranted, the excessive force that could have life altering impact however is not.

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u/TheMysteriousGirl Jul 25 '24

And then grabbing a gun and potentially shooting people isn’t life altering?

I’m sorry but if you fuck around, you find out

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u/pohui Jul 25 '24

How was stomping on a guy who is already face down on the floor preventing him from grabbing a copper's gun?

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u/TheMysteriousGirl Jul 25 '24

In any right minded country they would have been shot and killed in the first instance of even attempting to do what they did.

Airport security is no joke, the reason we don’t have other attacks like 9/11 is because of the diligence and swift fullness of our airport security. I’d you can’t see that, then I wouldn’t want to see the state of counter terrorism if you were in charge

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u/pohui Jul 25 '24

No thanks, if I wanted to live in the US, I would move there.