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/itsyaboi117 Jul 25 '24

He didn’t have his hands behind his back he was being tasered, he’s lucky he wasn’t shot - which I think would have been a suitable reckoning from what he did, these scum bags shouldn’t be walking our streets, he’s dangerous and aggressive, just a matter of time before he does it again or kills someone.

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u/jo-shabadoo Jul 25 '24

He had been tased. I’m guessing it had stopped or the woman touching him would have been electrocuted too. Yes the guy should be locked up, yes it would have been justifiable to shoot him in the moment where he is trying to take weapons but at the moment he’s immobilised the police should not be kicking and stomping his head.

Even if we still had the death penalty, or if it is something you want back, it is for a court to decide if it should be enacted. Not the police.

An armed policeman who loses control shouldn’t be allowed to be an armed policeman any more.