Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

[Finney Is Back]

Not just for kicks. I've seen someone get up and start swinging after 3 taser shots. The taser isn't sufficient to "incapacitate" in a lot of cases, it often only buys time and its main purpose is inducing a compliance in the target via pain. Once someone is still non complant after a taser shot you know you are dealing with an unusually dangerous person - they are armed with a knife the kicks are required as you need to stay on your feet to put yourself in a bent or low down vulnerable posture close in to an armed man refusing commands is dangerous to you and others. You need to induce the suspect to disarm themselves and comply

This is exactly right. When a person is tasered it is only a very temporary incapacitation (and in some cases no incapacitation at all).

In this instance the officers had to use appropriate force to attempt to get the suspect to release the weapon they had just been attempting to murder people with, I thought they were remarkably constrained. Once the suspect had relinquished the weapon, the kicks stopped immediately. I thought the two policemen did a brilliant job (for crap pay and, it seems, little in the way of recognition from some of the British public).

 

[LutonSpurs]

It find it strange that some on here view that arrest as the police beating someone up for the sake of it, I really do.

Literally nobody has that view on here. It is a scenario you've invented Finney.

 

[WillWeEverBeGoodAgain]

It find it strange that some on here view that arrest as the police beating someone up for the sake of it, I really do.

The same nutjob who had previous for trying to stab a police man and a dog once before

It's quite simple really, if you don't want to get kicked in the head don't try and stab people

 

[LutonSpurs]

The same nutjob who had previous for trying to stab a police man and a dog once before

It's quite simple really, if you don't want to get kicked in the head don't try and stab people

Who has said otherwise?

 

[Silly McSilly Face]

He said it is not the time for the convo now. Same as @ricky2tricky4city said earlier. Doesn't mean it's not a conversation. It is. People are allowed to question all aspects of public service. It's what we do in a free soicety.

Of course. What he should have done is privately contact the Met and say "is this in line with training seems a bit OTT to me". Gets the answer. If they say "yeah in line and this is why" matter ends. If they go "nah, out of control" then he can say i am going to make a public statement with the backing of the police after it has died down a bit

 

[Gutter Boy]

Imagine this nutjob if (when?) the Greens actually have some power?

Making rich people pay some tax? Focusing on society and community, rather than fluffing corporate oligarchs? The terror!

 

[Gutter Boy]

The same nutjob who had previous for trying to stab a police man and a dog once before

It's quite simple really, if you don't want to get kicked in the head don't try and stab people

A person who should have been in a psychiatric facility. If things like that hadn't been completely defunded over the past 15 years of course