Anyone else seen the alternative angle of the police airport incident?

If you can't see that both parties are at fault in two different situations I'm not sure anybody would be able to explain it to you.

The b*llend who assaulted 4 police officers deserves to have a lengthy prison sentence to serve.

The police officer who decided to fully boot and stamp on the restrained civilian after he was laid down on the floor is also in the wrong.

 

The offender is clearly prone on the floor after being tasered , he’s no longer a threat to anyone . When you’ve been tasered and gone down like a brick , like he did , he’s not a threat to anyone for some time . The guy sat on the bench was passive , didn’t respond to being put on the floor but still got hit on the back of the head by the officer who had a taser in the striking hand , he’s out of control

 

Maybe he’s still concussed and not reading the situation correctly. After all he’s also been punched to the floor. There are also potentially 3 or so other assailants. It’s not a clear a situation as many seem to think.

 

When I first saw this incident I was surprised they hadn’t shot them. If they had, there’d probably be less criticism.

‘Police officers today shot and killed two men who attacked and injured police in an incident at Manchester Airport.

The four officers, including one female officer who was left with a broken nose, were responding to intelligence of suspects acting suspiciously and aggressively.

A police spokesman highlighted terror concerns at transport sites in light of recent attacks on the Olympics in Paris, and praised officers for acting quickly to control the apparent risk and protect nearby members of the public.

An investigation is currently underway to identify the men involved, their motives, and to rule out potential collaborators or a wider threat. The public are asked to come forward with any potential information.’

 

Nicely summarised. It's a fairly simple situation isn't it.
I think people's confusion comes from the fact some will feel he deserved it.
I know part of me feels like that, however we can't have police handing out retribution like that.

 

Had the guy stabbed someone we’d have all been saying why the **** didn’t they shoot him………in light of recent events where police were seen running away in Harehills from baying yobs then they’ve stood there ground and neutralised the situation in a manner they felt was needed…….

 

Well if the police felt it was needed then that's OK, explains The Orgreave as well.

Situation already looked fairly neutralised with the attacker laid face down on the floor.
Condoning such behaviour is the thin end of a very dangerous wedge.

 

Agreed. The police are there to maintain law and order, not hand out violence as and when they see fit. That's a police state where there is no rule of law.

 

Not that SORT of police violence, the OTHER sort!

 

Stop making up situations that don't exist to justify one that did.

 

You're right, they did. They did a great job of neutralising the situation.

The problem is the cop wellying him in the head after the situation was neutralised

 

Ok

 

If he’d have been shot during the attack then I don’t think many people would have complained. If he’d been subdued and the attack was over and then one of the police shot him then that would be cold blooded murder.

 

A think the thing here JD is that most of us on here, including myself sit in our safety nets saying what we’d have done and they should’ve done etc…….the reality is is that unless your there no one else can feel that split second rush, emotion, decision…….you only have to think back to PC’s Keith palmer who was killed in London, Sharon Beshinevskey, the 2 young girls in Manchester…….these are real people putting there lives on the on the line daily, fortunately the mad man wasn’t seriously hurt but things could’ve been very different too

 

I can safely say I wouldn't boot someone in the head and then stamp on their head when they're restrained on the floor. And I think describing airport police as "putting their lives on the line daily" is a bit of a stretch.

 

On the other hand, there needs to be some sort of deterrent to would be attackers that think they can just attack the police with no retribution.

If they know that the police are just going to get their notebook and pen out then I'd imagine it wouldn't stop them. If they understand there will be serious fire power coming back at them, it might make them think twice.

For me the police need to seriously step it up, they are losing control and that is partly down to the political correctness that has swept over the entire country. It should be a pretty simple situation, eff about with a copper by all means but then don't cry like a baby when you get a serious pasting.

It's a shame there were no K9's on duty, it would have saved all the current problems. People strangely enough would be more sympathetic to an animal getting hurt than an actual officer that has been assaulted. Although they would have still probably wanted all the dogs put down.

 

So you think the police should be allowed to dish out shoeings as they see fit?

 

Am not sure the officers mentioned above families would agree but we all have opinions eh

 

He didn’t say that