Traffic police assault motorist

[ram_doom]

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7074726.stm

The guy assaulted was accused of drink driving, but was never charged. Sounds like some fabrication by the assaulting copper to me...
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[Mister James]

I know everyone here hates the police - but there is nothing in that story to prove the ALLEGED assault. No use of force incident sounds or looks pleasant or tidy, so the tape alone proves nothing.
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>Soultrader Mister James, I bet you are a copper
>Bazza Wow. Eyes like a shithouse rat, you...

[Kris]

[Hetzer]

Tip of the ice-berg. For every extremely rare case of the police being caught bang to rights there are hundreds where their word alone is enough to escape even investigation, never mind prosecution.

99% of the public really don't have a clue what the uniformed thugs get up to.
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[Mister James]

[ram_doom]

Living in Swansea, the city in which the alleged assault took place, I can very well believe the copper did give the guy a good beating.
Its also quite likely, that the bloke stopped was drink driving, but the fact he was not charged, suggests that this may not have been the case.

My dealings with the police in Swansea have more often than not involved threatening and unprofessional conduct by the officer(s) involved, brought about by random "stop checks" at night on lonely roads. Some examples are way out accusations, , implications, verbal abuse, attempts at intimidation and harassment. Could be down to my age, but I'm not exactly a shrimpy, chopsy young chav on the rob I do always ask for names and badge numbers now and since reporting two last year, I've been left alone *touch wood*
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[Harold_Shand]

Saw a mate getting the shit kicked out of him by an old copper, me and another mate were running over when we got thrown onto the side of the van by 2 other coppers and asked if we wanted that to happen to us. Neither of us did, like. Copper was punching my mate in the stomach even though he had been cuffed.

Went to police complaints about it, but I was in ganja-world during that period and couldn't be arsed to follow it up.

[Itchy]

should have recorded it on video, that said there have been plenty of videos even CCTV footage of cops blatantly attacking members of the public and or attacking prisoners as they are restrained (there is this video about a man who was hit by a cop car and the police are standing over him gloating refusing to get him an ambulance the man was innocent this story seems to have been swept under the carpet).
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[cestrian]

"His thumb was in my eye and I was in extreme pain. I thought I would lose my eye and was in fear of my life and I struck him twice to the side of the head in self defence" - Corrupt b*stard.

Just what I'd expect. Most people would have grabbed the alleged gouging thumb and simply pushed it away. I hope they both lose their jobs and the aggressor is made to cough up 'ten large' for compo.

[Itchy]

[Mister James]

[Hetzer]

[powelly]

[Hetzer]

[colin1]

in any job, some people will use methods to get the job done that they arent supposed to

in any job, there will be some people who abuse their position for their own amusement

i have only chatted to three policemen socially, and both have described events that would be considered crimes, but werent treated as such, as the criminals were police officers going about their normal day.

Assault is accepted, and easily justified. The debate amongst police officers seems to be more about those who think no force is excessive, and those who think that there should be some self control. None question a fellow officer assualting people, only disapprove a bit when it seems excessive.

Violence is part of the job, so they dont find it shocking or even something that serious.
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[Hetzer]

[Itchy]

[Hetzer]

[Yoko]

Time to rattle the cage me thinks...

Good, you want to drink and drive? You should be beaten within an inch of your life. Not a few points, fine and maybe taken off the road for a year (which most people will probably drive again during that time anyway)

Drunk drivers = Complete and utter tossers
Drugged drivers = Complete and utter totters
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[Itchy]

[Hetzer]

[Hetzer]

Ooh, ooh, I mustn't forget all the times I've driven from Brighton to Eastbourne on acid. And taken a mate for a birthday blast on the first Blade I had, both of us on acid (140mph+ reached down the Polegate bypass).

Of course, I must have been dreaming, because I didn't crash and no kittens were killed.

Here's a fvcking clue Yoko...it's not an inability to drive safely at legal speeds under the influence that causes accidents, it's tw@ts driving beyond their abilities under the influence that does it. Speeds at which they would crash sober, never mind p!ssed.

I'm walking proof of that. Thirty+ years of it. Concentrate, obey the speed limit, and you won't cause any harm.

But of course, if some tosser jumps a red-light and t-bones you, and he's sober and you're drunk, you'll get the blame. Funny that, ain't it?

The law is a cock-sucking ass.

However, I happen to agree with the drink-driving law, to a point. The unfortunate fact is alcohol and drugs have a tendency to make young people think they're Niki Lauder, at which point they drive beyond their ability and have accidents.

What the law should restrict itself to is heavily penalising anyone who causes an accident while over the limit or on drugs. More logical and fair, wouldn't you agree?
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[Yoko]

Get 100 people to run across the M25 blind folded and I bet some will make it across.

There are people out there who've smoked 40 a day since they were 12, are now 90 years old and in good health. And they say smoking kills right??

You drive drunk and on drugs... Whooooo aint you da big bad man!!!

So you proven you are a complete and utter tosser. Well done.
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[colin1]

believe it or not, drugs and alcohol, will impare your ability to react to situations

you may be able to drive home safely when drunk as long as no one steps out into the road, or pulls out on you, but if anything out of the ordinary happens, you wont react as well as your sober self would.
its like you are on auto pilot

its true that some sober drivers are more dangerous than drunk drivers, but its easier to prosecute for a measurable transgression

there is little doubt that our roads are safer since drink driving has become sociable unacceptable in most circles
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[colin1]