How many cops to arrest one middle aged woman in Stoke
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Interesting to hear your thoughts on this arrest?
(Sorry not Stoke was Preston).
Don’t know the background to why she was arrested but looks very heavy handed by the police
https://youtu.be/QaLHKel-qHc?si=39gWhJKOXOq9S6wd
(Sorry not Stoke was Preston).
Don’t know the background to why she was arrested but looks very heavy handed by the police
https://youtu.be/QaLHKel-qHc?si=39gWhJKOXOq9S6wd
Edited by rallycross on Saturday 3rd August 18:43
Doesn’t look heavy handed at all, most of those cops are trying to keep their colleagues safe, it’s far safer for all involved for a few officers to take control of someone who isn’t cooperating than for one officer to end up rolling around on the floor with them, far less risk of injury to both sides.
rallycross said:
Interesting to hear your thoughts on this arrest?
Don’t know the background to why she was arrested but looks very heavy handed by the police
https://youtu.be/QaLHKel-qHc?si=39gWhJKOXOq9S6wd
Absolutely shocking. Don’t know the background to why she was arrested but looks very heavy handed by the police
https://youtu.be/QaLHKel-qHc?si=39gWhJKOXOq9S6wd
Maybe they should have sent the biggest cop they have to simply knock him clean out and then place his lifeless arms into handcuffs before dragging him off.
As usual lets all get up on our high horse without knowing even a quarter of the story!
Oh, and by the way lets all get our phones out to post on feckberk about the injustice....... Whatever it is!
This is exactly what causes and then exacerbates social unrest issues like we are currently having on a daily basis.
Hull is currently pretty much in lock down because some feckwit put on social media that the stabbings of those beautiful young girls was down to an asylum seeker.
Why does that bring the need for riots in Hull, I have no idea but it is now affecting lots of people because of idiots on social media.
Oh, and by the way lets all get our phones out to post on feckberk about the injustice....... Whatever it is!
This is exactly what causes and then exacerbates social unrest issues like we are currently having on a daily basis.
Hull is currently pretty much in lock down because some feckwit put on social media that the stabbings of those beautiful young girls was down to an asylum seeker.
Why does that bring the need for riots in Hull, I have no idea but it is now affecting lots of people because of idiots on social media.
rallycross said:
Don’t know the background]
As others have said, the background is necessary to give an opinion on whether it was acceptable, or not.Unless, you just wanted to cast your net simply to catch people who are annoyed and want to have a moan because the police keep nicking them.
FFS, OP. 
How many officers would you have in that situation trying to arrest an uncooperative prisoner and umpteen hostile people nearby?
As others have said, three officers were dealing with the prisoner and everyone else is on crowd control trying to keep their colleagues safe. Not even remotely heavy handed. It's not like they're all piling in with strikes and batons, is it?
How many officers would you have in that situation trying to arrest an uncooperative prisoner and umpteen hostile people nearby?
As others have said, three officers were dealing with the prisoner and everyone else is on crowd control trying to keep their colleagues safe. Not even remotely heavy handed. It's not like they're all piling in with strikes and batons, is it?
rallycross said:
Unfortunately I don’t know any more details on why she was arrested just looked very heavy handed to me.
That's because you've chosen that well known neutral video site without checking the source. Please don't share nonsense again; most of the current rioting issues have spawned from social media crap
TheDrownedApe said:
That's because you've chosen that well known neutral video site without checking the source.
Please don't share nonsense again; most of the current rioting issues have spawned from social media crap
Is it nonsense? Presumably this was filmed by a member of the public and posted online it shows what’s really going on it’s not edited to show nonsense.Please don't share nonsense again; most of the current rioting issues have spawned from social media crap
rallycross said:
Interesting to hear your thoughts on this arrest?
(Sorry not Stoke was Preston).
Don’t know the background to why she was arrested but looks very heavy handed by the police
https://youtu.be/QaLHKel-qHc?si=39gWhJKOXOq9S6wd
Sorry, I must be missing something. All I can see is that a couple of police have a lady pinned to the ground and it has taken quite a sizeable number of other police to protect them.(Sorry not Stoke was Preston).
Don’t know the background to why she was arrested but looks very heavy handed by the police
https://youtu.be/QaLHKel-qHc?si=39gWhJKOXOq9S6wd
Edited by rallycross on Saturday 3rd August 18:43
What would bother me far more is the number of typical idiots using mobile phones to photograph what's going on and others shouting and ranting away for no obvious reason.
Clearly, if we knew what had led up to this it might be possible to give a truly balanced view but I certainly can't see any heavy handed treatment.
I'm surprised that a couple of loud troublemakers weren't removed or arrested but I guess those police present were needed to protect their colleagues.
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I have no idea who she is, what side she is on or why she's being arrested but over on the NP&E Southport thread some are concerned that "The risk of keeping someone with that bulld and probably associated health conditions face down and handcuffed are immense", to which my thoughts are that someone with that build and probable associated health conditions perhaps shouldn't be heading out into tense social disorder situations and should certainly refrain from engaging in activity likely to elicit a physical response.
Looks perfectly proportionate to me, I make the assumption that she wasn't going to co operate which meant she had to be taken to the floor but that aside three officers to put her on the floor safely and under control where she could be handcuffed.
Likely one officer or two could have put her to the floor but it would have been far less controlled and she would have likely gone down hard increasing the risk of injury to the woman where as it was done under control making it safer for the woman arrested.
The other officers were keeping the crowd back which again is reasonable
Likely one officer or two could have put her to the floor but it would have been far less controlled and she would have likely gone down hard increasing the risk of injury to the woman where as it was done under control making it safer for the woman arrested.
The other officers were keeping the crowd back which again is reasonable
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