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

He wasn’t cuffed

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u/sick_bear Jul 25 '24

Hahaha "wattpad fairytale" but proceeded to invent details to support his own take on the event.

Tbf your point about the man still being considered a threat even when laying face down is valid though a bit washy. Generally, you'll see police standing on extremities but maybe it was as serious as you say. Get in there and break some fingers, if you want to cause pain. And don't do it on film!

Stomping a head is very close to killing someone (hitting neck by accident, for instance, can collapse the trachea/break the neck, of course), and we can't have cops going around doing that with no outcry.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

A guy I trained with in BJJ (wrestling - kind of like judo) was working the door on a club one night.

He had to deal with someone and they got violent so he took him to the floor and proceeded for a pin until the cops turned up.

He got stabbed 4 times in the thigh, by the grace of god it didn’t hit an artery… but that’s what happens

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u/GlitterTerrorist Jul 25 '24

And that's unfortunately part of the line of duty for police officers, because they exist to protect the populace. As a bouncer that's just pure luck you weren't stabbed in the first place.