Police Taser race relations group founder in the face.

would you say the correct course would have been to arrest him or to let him wander off?

She hit the target. It can be argued that if she was trained/is comfortable firing from that position, and hits the target, then they'res nothing to complain about.

You're supposed to aim for the centre of mass, not the ****ing face. What if one of those barbs hit his eye?

You're supposed to aim for the centre of mass, not the ****ing face. What if one of those barbs hit his eye?

It comes down to this.

If they had a valid reason for arresting the man they thought it was at the start of the encounter and they still believed the man in front of him was that man, then carry on with the arrest.

That sounds very reasonable. But that is also a reasonable interpretation of what happened isn't it? They thought he was the guy they were looking for, he didn't prove that he wasn't, merely asserted it, and so they arrested him and he resisted. The taser use seems over the top to me BTW.

The problem with that analysis (and like the poor taser decision and the poor taser technique, it looks like a training failure) is that they asked him whether he was Mr X and then they asked who he was rather than asserting whom they believed him to be.

rather than asserting whom they believed him to be.

What has Willy Pete taught us: that in his world it's easy to get away with crime, you simply don't tell the police who you are.

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Man being aggressive and refusing to cooperate with police is tasered after being warned that he would be tasered if he didn't cooperate?

Hmm. Must be racism. Get BLM out on the streets! We won't take this lying down! (Well, Mr Adunbi did, but you know what I mean)

Edit: after more information being available, it is worth considering the following.
Two police officers wearing body cams who know that any illegal or improper action on their part could lead to loss of job, pension etc.
Man with previous experience of interaction with police leading to compensation sees opportunity for another payout.

As Deep Throat said, "follow the money".

Watch the video.
Regardless of how "wrong" their attitude may or may not have been, if the police point a taser at you and say "stop resisting or I'll taser you", and you refuse to cooperate, you have no one to blame but yourself when they taser you.

I've seen so many similar instances of nights out where a simple "move along" or "you can't drink that out here" turns into a fight and an arrest, just because some dick thinks the law doesn't apply to them.

Surprised to see you write such garbage. "Oh look at me quoting a movie, my assumptions must be right coz I sound cool and funny"...

Does the law mean police can arrest someone without probable cause (and "oh he looked liked someone else is not probable cause).

If you disagree with any of my points, perhaps you could explain why and present your own argument.
This is a debate forum, after all.

"Probable cause" does not exist in UK law. You been watching too many US cop shows.

The police have the power to demand that a person identifies themself if they have reasonable suspicion of an offence having been, or to be carried out.

You cannot infer my argument from the part in ""? Well ok then, it's that your assumption of him intentionally provoking the cops to get a harassment suit going is far-fetched and prejudiced.



You replaced probable cause by reasonable suspicion.

Point still stands, the "reasonable" suspicion was "he is black, he looks like the black guy we are looking for hurrdurr". They made him identify himself because they were looking for a black person.

you appear to not understand the difference between reasonable suspicion and probable cause

i would be interested to see images of both the chip on shoulder race relations guy and the person the police were actually after ...

You appear to be unintelligent.

projection much ?


how much Service do you have ? cat 1 Civil cotingencies, cat 2 civil contingenices / Military it doesn't matter, but if not your armchair expertise is neither wanted nor desired.

Funny, just what I thought about you not understanding the difference.