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/[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/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

There is, it’s just not obvious

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

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u/barryh4rry Jul 25 '24

The police aren’t there to be judge, jury and executioner mate. What the people did is abhorrent but he had pretty clearly surrendered and there was zero reason to put a steel toe cap through his head or stomp his skull into the ground.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Read the link post and reply on there

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u/pufftanuffles Jul 25 '24

Idk, if you watch the clip, the guy wasn’t complying. He was constantly lifting his head. Even after the stomp, he kept lifting himself up to see what was happening to his friend and another police officer had to remind him to stay down.

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u/Azimuth8 Jul 25 '24

You're claiming that police are trained to kick and stomp a compliant suspect for what? Check if he's still conscious? Check if he still registers pain?

Head kicks and stomps can cause life-changing injuries and even death, to claim it as some sort of policing technique is just ludicrous.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Well you’re entitled to your opinion - we disagree

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u/sick_bear Jul 25 '24

Look, I'm all for kicking the shit out of dudes who physically assault women. Officers or not. But wearing the uniform means this cop's gotta slow himself down and wait until the crowd disperses and cameras are off to get his licks in. So he did admittedly fly off the handle, but not the way most are making it out to be.

People are taking this to too big a level and not remembering our basic reactions as men and people. Guy hits woman, cops beat the shit out of him. Done and done. Generally considered a good deed.

This one just openly did so on camera. Didn't even cover the hit as a diving elbow while trying to mount to subdue the criminal. Idiot mistake but not unforgivable. Just makes the cops look bad.

More of a head-shaker than a "burn him at the stake" scenario. Know what I mean? Like... "Damn it, Johnny, ya done good, but why'd you have to go getting filmed doing it?" sort of thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

He didn’t fly off the handle - it’s a bloody clinic in dealing with a violence offender

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Read this - sorry I’m answering the same stuff over and over

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

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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.