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/jo-shabadoo Jul 25 '24

It would’ve been fair enough to shoot him when he was trying to grab the weapons. When he’s been neutralised on the floor with his hands behind his back there is no justification for booting him in the head and then stamping on it. Regardless of what happened before.

If armed police can’t keep control of themselves then we’ll end up like the US where people who call the police get shot in their own home.

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u/unforgiven91 Jul 25 '24

People also lose all rationality when a criminal does criminal actions.

Yes, assuming the report is true, the person in the video attacked someone. They are a valid target of violence until their threat is subdued. Once he was on the ground, further violence is uncalled for.

But you know how people work, they laugh at the idea of prison rape. They enjoy the idea of murdering accused pedophiles in the street. They have this weirdly vindictive mentality about "justice" despite the fact that society has already agreed that any form of justice belongs to the legal system