UK - Did anyone see on the news this morning a policeman beating a woman outside a nightclub?

âˆ«e mousquetaire XVI

yes the police coulda used different methods to subdue the girl. they didnt need to viciously beat her skull in, thats whats called breaking the law. brutality. how are the general public supposed to have faith in the police when they see this sh**t. how? answer is they dont. hell they wont. this is the beggining of the end my friend. you know the fabric of society is crumbling when you see upholders of the law resorting to this barbarianism

If you knew the whole story you would have done the same in the same situation. until one is offered the whole truth of any situation ,all that can be expected from a uninformed public is mindless dribble like the question you have asked.

R.E.M.E.

I understand that she admitted she "asked for it" by fighting and abusing the policeman. Anybody would have hit her to stop her hitting them!

deadpeotic_x

I saw it.

It's not only this that goes on though, it happens regulary. The difference is though, only this one got reported.

nativexile

Nice to see CCTV working the other way. Sheffield has form for doing away with CCTV recordings which may go against the police - Hillsborough one example, so it is good to see it happen, no matter what 'attitude' the beaten supposed to have.

pam28

this behaviour does not surprise me in the slightes,this behaviour takes place by the police on a regular basis-

bujinkaiwarrior

It is typical of the way that the police conduct themselves, on a one on one situation they **** themselves, but when mob handed they think they can do what they want. Well done officers of the UK you have shown yourselves to be the true cowards that you are

Ammo

It has been going on for years they just got caught this time - I am not saying that it is every police officer but there are a few

kennyboy

Yes I saw
it's nothing new
I see it every time I go out of an evening,
they cos more trouble than they stop
the police are a bunch moronic of thugs!!

I WOULD NEVER TRUST A POLICE MAN!!

kby

bert

It happens all the time,this time the policeman was caught on film,there will of course be the usual whitewash by the police authority in the area in which this happened,it has already started.Thank heavens that we have such hard men to look after us,if it had been a man they may have had to send for the army as reinforcements! Any faith that I once had in the police has long since gone,due to complete inefficiency and incidents such as this!

Baby Dolls

~I've heard about this and "Jungleboy78" is telling the same story every time. He's obviously very bitter.
There is no excuse to be beating people, especially women. Here in the US, they get caught beating and killing the mentally ill regularly, on tape, but always get away with it.
The police want to play judge and jury.
Here are only a few words the Police use to describe the public...
Scum, trash, not feminine enough to be called a woman, drunks, idiots, drunken scum, ignorant, hypocrites, and thugs.
Need I say more?~

*Sorry "V" I clicked on thumbs down instead of thumbs up.

Greg N

The police are almost (my cousin is in the police and an exception) all racist thugs-fact of life.

Ben G

1. The female in question had commited a criminal offence and was resisting arrest. Now, I know it's great to shout down the police when you 'think' they've done something wrong, but how about if your car had been damaged by a white male yob, and the police had to use force on him to arrest him as he was kicking off in a disorderly, violent, aggressive, drunken stupor? I guess there would be far less people moaning - well lets have a sense of equality shall we? It is one rule for everyone - the police will use force where necessary.

2. It is a perfectly legitimate form of defence to throw a clenched fist towards someone and this is taught to trainee officers - it is actually called a bottom fist / hammer fist strike. The type of "Force" you see used by police in "The Bill" just isn't true to life and is not how officers are trained - I suggest you research and send any complaints about police training to the Home Office who approve the techniques used. The police officer who did so is not attempting to hide the fact in any way whatsoever. He is perfectly within his rights to use this level of force if he thinks it necessary. I imagine that those of you who are not police officers would be able to control all the people officers have to deal with nowadays with a few stern words and no force whatsoever? Dream on.

3. CCTV is misleading. That said, the officer has stated that yes, he did hit her. The force have stated that they are happy with the actions he took. It's funny how she only decides that she can make a complaint out of this after her solicitor gets hold of the cctv - she doesn't even remember what happened, apparently.

4. I sometimes wonder why any person would want to join the police. If you're not moaning at police driving standards when using blue lights, you're moaning about the level of force. We can't win. I just wish people would sometimes consider how exactly they would like the service run, because clearly nothing done by the police is ever good enough. Perhaps if we refuse to ever enter into any situation where conflict might arise, we leave the drunks to roam the streets until they're sober and sensible, we deal with those with guns/knives only once they have decided to put the gun/knife down, we attend every job at 30mph in rush hour traffic, we don't act on any terrorism intelligence in case we get it wrong (depsite the fact that 99% of the time it's right - you hear about the 1% that's not).... I could go on as the moans from the public are endless. Trust me - for the scrutiny and criticism we get, most officers would feel a whole lot safer if the examples above were true. In your day job, what's the worse that can happen if you mess up? Think about it - officers find themselves risking their life, freedom etc. every time they act.

Show some support, wait to hear the proper facts and stop jumping on the media band wagon - especially when you don't have a clue what you're talking about.

mad keith

i am on the reciving end of drunks when the police arrest them i and i can tell you the some drunks are very violent and will fight any one and any thing thay have to be restrained and if it means punching them hard in the arms or legs to get controll of them it has to be done if you dont belive me then ask your local police station if you can work in custody on a friday and saturday night and your views will change

Frisky

Oh dear...I may as well say it again....

An examination of the footage clearly shows that the officer delivers a series of bottom fist strikes, twisting his body so as to strike nerve clusters in her left shoulder or arm - not her face. This is because she would not stop resisting and/or would not let go of the officers. She is on the cadge...I hope she doesn't get a bean.

Golf Alpha Nine-seven

Here we go again. Another desktop lawyer who think they know all the facts. All you've seen is fuzzy CCTV footage presented to you by a cynical media ready to manipulate and brainwash you against such high ideals such as civic responsibility, respect for the law, duty of care, etc, etc. Firstly, PC Mulhall was using a Home Office approved technique in order to get her into the handcuffs. He was hitting her in the shoulder blade where there are a lot of nerve endings in order to force her to release her grip. How do you know he was using excessive force? Were you there? If the first strike was so strong, so hard and so painful don't you think she would have let go after the first impact? And, what if I grabbed you by the bollocks and squeezed really hard, would you just stand there until I decide to let go? I don't think so. Don't be so quick to judge about things you know nothing off. Clearly if it took five strikes to get her to release her grip it wasn't force enough force to make her let go after the first hit. So who was the one showing restraint? The media are making her out to be some modern day Robin Hood but she is no angel and has already admitted to violent conduct and been convicted for the criminal damage she committed before the arrest.

Last week Linda Dobbs, a High Court Judge, reduced the sentences of two thugs who kicked an off-duty Copper in to a coma. Ever since then PC Coffill has been in a Permanent Vegative State and needs constant round the clock care. His life is over, his career is over and his family have been destroyed by this senseless beating. The two pieces of scum who did this are now expected to only serve six and seven years each. Where was the public outcry when this happened? Why didn't you ask questions about the lenient sentencing of violent criminals after this? Why don't you ask what are the government going to do to protect our boys in blue? Do you want to live in a lawless, free-for-all society? You'd not even last two minutes if it weren't for people like me taking a stand and saying enough is enough is enough.

People like you make me sick. Police Officers put their lives on the line daily because they want to better their communities, yes they are members of the public also, and all you can do is sit back and judge and say from the comfort of your living room how the police should react to violent situations. What do you do to improve society with your high and mighty ideals and expectations? You get a little bit of knowledge and think you know it all. Maybe you should run for Political office as you seem to have all the answers and get this country out of the mire it has descended in to.

ABC,123 ..i could go on

Yes , its nothing new.

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