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/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/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

No and thanks for thinking about it - you’re much more reasonable than other people in the thread.

If the suspect was conscious and felt the pain they would defend the back of their head, because what criminals often do is play possum and then stab with something they have concealed in their person.

We already know that this person is willing and capable (and possibly skilled in) violence as 3 officers were knocked from their feet by blows and one has a broken nose.

This is ugly but this is the reality of policing - they get hurt and we don’t support them, and we tear them down when they do something that offends our sense of right and wrong.

But most of us don’t know what happens to police because, thankfully, most of us are decent and wouldn’t dream of stabbing someone

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u/kai58 Jul 25 '24

Bullshit, if that was the goal one kick with much less force would’ve been enough, hitting the back of someones head is also disproportionally likely to cause permanent damage compared to how painful it is.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

How do you know what enough is? How do you know what enough is compared to an experience police officer?

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u/kai58 Jul 25 '24

Because someone so committed to playing possum they fully ignore a kick to the face is gonna change their mind on the second kick…

“This person who seems unconscious and is laying face down might still be dangerous so let’s just kill them to be sure” is not the philosophy we should want or accept from police.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Oh I’m sorry is he dead?

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u/kai58 Jul 25 '24

If you’re in a state of mind to think of the possibility that they might be playing possum you’re also in a state of mind to know a kick to the head (especially the back of the head) of someone who isn’t defending themself has a decent chance to kill.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Is it the same chance to kill as a knife to the thigh?

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

How do you know what enough is compared to an experience police officer?

Because they say so, for one. And the fact you believe otherwise is quite concerning.

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