UK Policeman Suspended After Kneeling on Kneck of Black Man

I mean “the UK is innocent though” 🤨 “Could never happen here”.


https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/uk-policeman-suspended-for-kneeling-on-black-mans-neck/1914301

If it’s happened to him then it’s almost certainly happened to a white person to

Yes and that’s even worse. Tbh I didn’t even know the person was black when i saw the video I thought they were white as their skin was rather light till i saw an article. The outrage I’d feel is still the same. The police abuse their power and we need to do something about it. I think of how many people got away with this simply because they weren’t being recorded.

Yes and that’s even worse. Tbh I didn’t even know the person was black when i saw the video I thought they were white as their skin was rather light till i saw an article. The outrage I’d feel is still the same. The police abuse their power and we need to do something about it. I think of how many people got away with this simply because they weren’t being recorded.

Do these white police officers ever learn In the USA or UK? What a disgrace! Black people generally know that the police forces in USA and the UK cannot be trusted when they are dealing with black people!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53443641

There needs to be education on how to approach a civilian regardless of their race or gender. It is insane to arrest an individual in such an aggressive manner.

The guy has been charged with having a knife I think, pinning him down by the neck for seconds is not bad.

And what if they're resisting? It being somewhat unlikely a thug is going to politely get into the paddy wagon simply by being asked.

Their resisting arresting does not mean that the officer becomes aggressive towards the individual. There should be ways to de-escalate situations, but I fear that some officers may escalate the situation.

Actually thats exactly what it means, especially if they're armed - like this one was.
The second point is true but its anything but universally applicable. The way of doing things being if the person resists to detain them appropriately.. from this (aside from poor optics) the officer doesn't seem to have done anything wrong. Him kneeling on the person for a few seconds, not throttling him or beating him to a pulp. Never mind the lunatics attributing this to "racism" despite no evidence to that effect.

I think British policing should be different to American ‘war-like’ form of policing. I understand that with gun laws, police officers in the US may have clear reasons for self-protection. However, in the UK, officers should not be using such tactics as kneeling on one’s neck or multiple individuals piling on an individual.

It seems, to me, that some officers are probably not trained well enough on how to disarm an individual with a knife. It was even more important to see that the Deputy Met Commissioner publicly denounced such tactics as not used or advised in the police force.

To your point, I agree that it was poor optics. With community relations being at a particularly low point, seeing a white officer kneeling on the neck of the black man had signs of the George Floyd case, even though the London individual was indeed carrying a weapon. I think officers need to learn to be able disarm an individual with a knife.

Indeed. But it already is though, i mean, comparing your averege bobby to what you see in America is ludicrous. You, to a vague degree, have a point on kneeling on knecks but as to piling on someone... well if theyre resisting arrest and thats the only way to get them in cuffs, so be it. After all, i think most would agree that theyd rather see some odious criminal get a couple of bruises than escape to terrorise the community.

Mmm, again, too a point. Naturally some officers are either incompetent/untrained but i really don't see the issue on this one. As i said, aside from the unfortunate timing this would never have raised an eyebrow before due to it being such a non event.

True say. Although, i do stand by the fact that if a criminal is trying to escape the officers should be free to use such methods to restrain them before they can be cuffed (like in this instance). It being wholly different from simply sitting on someones throat for the sake of it.
It does raise an interesting question though, as several people seem to have implied, should police molly coddle criminals simply because of their race? The only thing people seem to be getting upset with about this instance is that it happened to be a black who was restrained. I mean, especially in this case, i find it very hard to sympathise with a thug who was carrying a deadling weapon (and who we can thus assume was prepared to use it) .. you can either abhor knife crime and want it stamped out or not here.

Heaven forbid the met arrest a violent armed criminal right?