Not what I expect from the police.....
 

Now I'm not normally one to quote or highlight articles in the Mail - let's just say I'm not their number one fan - and neither am I one to be unnecessarily running down the police but this article was fairly horrific. I hope the culprit gets a suitably serious punishment for betraying the trust layed upon him as part of his job.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1309136/Lifted-like-rag-doll-hurled-cell-Shocking-video-police-brutality--5ft-2in-tall-59-year-woman.html#ixzz0yeKtSnBp

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I saw that on the Beeb this morning.
I think any officer on the org would condonde that behaviour

The officer involved has been suspended and is expected to be dismissed with record

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is it just me or is there something up with the timing on that cctv

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They have obviously just cut bits out that weren't relevant.

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If you read the full thing - it says something about the times of the cctv, cant remember exactly know cause its late and im tired. What a nob that police man was though - but big pat on the back for the female officer for reporting it to another supervisor, cant of been easy reporting her own supervisor, so good on her!

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I don't think it is what anybody expects of the police, and I don't think it is something that happens with any great frequency. The thug has got his comeuppance and rightly so.

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See looks like she trys to break free on this video, so she obviously is not so sweet as the papers make out, still seems well over the top.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e26_1283678496

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Guys a fool-cameras everywhere and still does this.Horrible seeing the blood dripping on the floor, he must have been having "a real bad day"-can see him getting time for this and his a$$ pumped in the jail.

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He should certainly never again be put in a position of authority until he can show that he's able to exercise that authority with deal more wisdom and humanity than he displayed there.

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I don't believe the bit the Mail has that says she was arrested for no reason, however, that doesn't excuse that guys behaviour. Well over the top!

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Gotta be honest, its bad, but not as bad as i thought before seeing the vid.
Problem with even a small head injury is they leak a lot of claret which makes them seem worse.
I have seen cops throw drunken people to the ground on the street worse than that and not result in injury so without wacking her head it wouldnt normally cause injury id guess.

That said, the copper lost his cool but unfortunately resulted in a woman getting injured and it getting caught on camera.
How many coppers have lost their cool in the daily life on the streets?

IMO, that copper who pushed that guy over in london who then died was worse, he was an innocent man walking away.

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just listen to the sound and he's SCOTTISH-no be long before thats mentioned, probably be told he's getting paid in scottish notes so he can sing for his dinner.Mind you she'll not be the first to end up with a sore face for no blowing :p

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Unfortunate ending for what it seemed an unreasonable woman. She must have been under emotional stress and admitted to have verbally abused the cop before he lost his cool.

As for her story, since when car heaters run on battery? Sleeping in the car a whole night on a dark alley 150 yards from home while talking to friends? Ah ... my 3 year old can make better stories than that!

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it's all a bit "he said, she said" with regards to the point where she was stopped/arrested/taken into custody and also what happened once she was in custody - but - it's the fact she was taken into custody without any injuries, then while she's in custody she ends badly injured which seems to be the focus of the mail...

Mind you, the Sgt. is scottish so it's to be expected. I bet he gets paid in scottish notes as well... sick bastads!

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Didn't understand why he was doing on his own. If she was kicking off that much, then it should have been at least 2 officers to restrain her and take her to the cell, which wouldn't have resulted in the injuries she sustained. It wasn't proper A&R technique

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Is not like he deliberately inflicted the injuries. It was a freak accident as a result of him badly handling an abusive person.

Yes, he could have been a lot more professional and keep calm but in the end, despite all the training they get, they are only human and we are all susceptible to red mist.

He deserves the consequences and I'm sure he regrets that night but this does not mean that all police officers will react the same and we should be ashamed of them. They are the people we call when things get tough for us and they should get a bit more credit for that.

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hehe how long till the PC brigade give you a bashing for that ;)

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Get it right husky, he's a scotch and not 'a scottish'. ;)

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No no no- Scotch is a drink, and he would be a Scot, also he is Scottish and not "A" Scottish- after all these years of education and reprogramming your brains you'd think that you English would get it together with the use of her Majesty the Queens language-chri$t even the Welsh (sorry Hovis)can manage it better than you southern inbreds;).
Tell you what have this one on me seen as i'm British :grouphug:

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;) prolly worth pointing out that welsh people are known as 'welches' (a bit like you scotches)

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I do. Seen too many incidents of it reported (normal caveats about believing the press) and many incidents have been reported in this forum.

If I felt I had been arrested for no reason, been told to 'Shut up' every time I tried to protest that particular point, I have no doubt I'd be unreasonable too.

Not all policemen are nice normal Police Officers as is proved time and again. The majority are decent hard working folk in my experience, but the bad apples that abuse the powers they are entrusted with do so much damage to the fragile trust The Public have in The Police.

This case appears a no brainer and I'm surprised he pleaded 'not guilty' on the basis of the video.

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+1 with Mike ^

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Is that anything to do with the fact you don't support a decent team like Aberdeen? ;)

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But i do mate- The champions of Scotland:D, and just like you i'm british, and incase you or anyone else doubts it
GO CHECK YOUR PASSPORT, YEEHAA, RED,WHITE AND BLUE THROUGH AND THROUGH.
BESIDES IT DOESN'T HALF GET IT RIGHT UP THE MANKY MOB AND YOU SHEEP SHAGGERS.;)

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Did you not put Scottish on your application. ;)

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piff you jocks are a laugh, and must try harder
we really dont want to be associated with the english to the point of we made sure our country name was on the front of the passport :)

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A there we go with the "Labelling everyone the same thing" again how wrong you are mate, everyones passport tells the truth-BRITISH and I love it:D

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She is pretty tidy for a woman of 52 no?

I can see why people get arsey with the police, I got locked up for the night in london, and i was sitting in some side room with two coppers, and one of them said something and i thought he was talking to me so i just politely asked 'pardon?' (in a non patronising voice!!)
And all i got was, 'i wasn't f^%$ing talking to you was I shut the f*&^ up!'

No wonder people kick off...

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The police force, alienating the public, one by one. :(

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LOL! Don't be so melodramatic!

There are some of us who manages to get the public back on side, who get thank you notes sent to us etc etc....;)

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+1

well luckypants why don't you come and show us all where we've gone wrong and lead by example,apply for the force and help us mend our ways or don't you fancy it?

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Apparently I'm too old for the force, so content to remain an armchair warrior. :rolleyes: I notice you've all jumped on my flippant comment and are telling me to STFU, but not commented on the post that prompted it, so here is a reminder...
Perhaps 'do as I say or STFU' is standard practice with many forces?

Perhaps you can tell me why the attitude shown in that example is not alienating the person concerned?

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Oh my god Mike! Where at any point did I tell you to STFU? I didn't and that was by no means the intention of my post either! And how can I comment on what you quoted? I wasn't there, neither me nor Husky work in England, and I know that this isn't commonplace where I work so what more can I say!!!!!

My comment was flippant aswell, but trying to highlight the fact that some of us actually do get people leaving custody and shaking our hands because we have treated them well, and been polite to them. But DO NOT put words in my mouth, that's really not fair.

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At the end of the day you get some coppers that are awsome and some that arnt some people like to over react to everything and cause trouble and some just shut up an put up ... not the police forces fault for evrything that happends they are there to enforce whats given to them there again will always be one or two that abuse there powers...

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Yeah was a deliberate provocation, but it is how I took Husky's post.

And you can comment even though you were not there. Telling someone to STFU just for saying 'pardon' is hardly proportional and is likely to alienate the person being told to STFU so unreasonably - well it seems unreasonable to me.

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No offense to anyone but how do you know he asked pardon in a nice way? the general feeling is that the jo public always get hard done by but you wernt they he might have been jack the lad an gone "oi pig what did you say" which translates to his mate afterwards as i ask very nicely "pardon sir"

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Most of the police I have dealt with have been polite and courteous and some of them have even gone out of their way to help me out. However some have been rude and unhelpful and a smaller number have been downright *****. I'm not having a go and I have some friends in the police but as with most organisations the bad experiences stick in your head more than the good ones, so you have to understand why some people feel alienated.

If you got generally good customer service from say, your internet provider, they only need to mess you about once or twice and your opinion of them will go down fairly rapidly.

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True, but having met the person in question I'm inclined to believe them. We all have to take people at face value on here.

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And this is why, Luckypants, I can't comment on the aforementioned story. I wasn't there, I don't know anyone involved, I don't know what was said or what was said in the lead up to it. And perhaps "can't" is the wrong word, but I choose not to comment. I don't see why I should have to justify something I have had no involvment in, which is what you appear to be asking me to do.

As I said, it is NOT common practise where I work and generally, we are fairly well respected because of that.