Greater Manchester Police brutality

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/24/armed-police-officer-filmed-kicking-man-in-face-at-manchester-airport

Sickening behaviour. Surely tasering the man is enough.
He is on the floor tasered so you give him some kickings to the head?

Hope this is properly investigated.
Greater Manchester Police have an awful reputation.

Nice attempt to conflate my words with someone else's!

I think the police deserve a medal.

No one was permanently injured. No shots were fired. It could've been so different.

How could it have been handled better?

I think the officers handled the situation remarkably well given the level of extreme violence that was inflicted upon them.

You mention “three armed officers” as if having a firearm gives them an advantage in this kind of situation. Would you have preferred they shot the two men?

Not looking much like police brutality, time to take down the thread.

@EasternStandard I suppose we'll find out more about how the situation escalated in time, presumably when the body cam footage & audio is released.

On the basis of the footage it looks as though one of the perpetrators throws the first punch, although this is in response to his brother being put in a headlock. It would be interesting to know what happened in those first few seconds upon approach that led to it becoming physical so quickly.

I support the police. It’s a tough job. Stamping is unacceptable but also, don’t touch police officers! In the US you’d be shot!

Why approach from behind?
Why a headlock so quickly.
It was a busy environment. The police officers were attacked from behind.

Could they have waited until he was away from the other people and been approached from in front?

Did it need to be handled in the way it was at the start ?

Glad that video evidence is now available showing actions prior to the incident. It certainly puts to bed the lies spun by the thugs that they were doing nothing wrong. Now time to move on. Nothing to see here…

They are much better trained than you are, so they obviously had their reasons, didn’t they.

Its not a pub brawl though, is it? Why would anyone throw punches at the police. They ae there to protect us.

@cakeorwine As I say, I expect this will be cleared up when we see the full CCTV / body worn footage.

@Vivi0 "Would you have preferred they shot the two men?"

What do you think? I'm not a police trainer but I would have thought one of the top priorities is to maintain control of a situation. Control was lost spectacularly quickly! Thankfully they were able to regain it.

I’ve seen so many comments referring to the incident as a “fight” or “getting physical”, as if part of the job for a police officer is getting involved in scraps with people.

The police officers were attacked in an extremely violent way whilst doing their job.

Control was lost spectacularly quickly because of the frighteningly quick level of violence used against the officers. How does one maintain control when being punched off of their feet, or being attacked from behind?

If someone behaves in a criminal way, I’m of the opinion that the police should react in whatever way they see fit. There should be fear of the police by anyone committing crime. And if people don’t commit a crime, then they have nothing to fear.

Like its the old bill up against the Crays or whoever.

That’s down to the violent actions of the men though

If it look brutal and out of control it’s because they were

Sorry I meant Krays.

You're honestly crazy. You can't punch police officers for trying to arrest your brother. That's not how it works. I'm incredulous that you genuinely think that level of violence is acceptable. Most normal people wouldn't even try to resist arrest, but you definitely can't start attacking police for trying to arrest someone else. How do you think a lawful society would function if this became typical behaviour.

@Vivi0

The police officers were attacked in an extremely violent way whilst doing their job.

Exactly. In an airport too. What fucking idiot thinks it's a good idea to start throwing punches at armed officers in such an environment? It's entitlement on an other level.

This country is a joke. Those thugs savagely beat a female police officer doing her job.

The police are far too soft in this country and are being smothered and restricted further. Now a criminal investigation for this police officer? Meanwhile my neighbours house was burgled and the perpetrators defected on the bed a spray painted their name on the wall yet ….. not enough evidence to find and prosecute?

Public servants can literally no longer do their jobs! Police can’t police, Doctors and Nurses practicing defensively, and none of this serves the public’s best interests!

I’m unsure as to why we need to cross examine ourselves

The line where a lesser amount of force is needed was crossed when
A a police office was injured
B it was in a high security area
C there was the potential for the copper to loose control of his weapon.

There’s three reasons why he gets subdued and questions get asked later.

I’d rather the cops do that than the authorities loose control and potentially see a shooting happen
I agree that stamping and kicking is head is strong and indeed a lottery of injuries
But in getting back control of the situation it’s fair game.

You have been utterly suckered, you hand wringers.

Because he was already subdued. That's the issue.

Maybe
Or maybe they handled it wrong in the way they made there approach - even trained people make mistakes.