Would your knees even take it ?
Jesus Christ! Don't forget to put your seat belts on!
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Would your knees even take it ?
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one could say that if the driver had all these mental problems, and couldnt distingush the small fact that the police were still dealing with him when he drove away, and didnt have a seatbelt on - that he shouldnt be allowed on the road period.
if you drive away from the police unwarranted, regardless of your 'excuse' expect to get burned.
i think people are getting all worked up on this bc he was old and fragile - if it had been a youth or similar id expect most of you would have a different response.
the only wrong thing i see about the video is that one police offer is on the bonnet and may need further training as he could have easily been run over.
the drivers a moron and really should be off the road before he gets someone killed.
if you drive away from the police unwarranted, regardless of your 'excuse' expect to get burned.
i think people are getting all worked up on this bc he was old and fragile - if it had been a youth or similar id expect most of you would have a different response.
the only wrong thing i see about the video is that one police offer is on the bonnet and may need further training as he could have easily been run over.
the drivers a moron and really should be off the road before he gets someone killed.
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The more I read, the more ridiculous the stupid polices behaviour is.
Its incidents like this that lead to people in need of REAL help with burgulars being told "sorry, we cant send anyone round, we are currently smashing some guys car in becuse he didnt stop for officer Tiddles and Officer Porky"
Its jaw dropppingly disgusting and shambolic. The two cretins involved should be barred from the force for life.
For the "the old mans a CRIMINAL" brigade, he failed to stop and was guilty of a MINOR motoring offence. Get over it.
That sort of reaction I would expect to see from them trying to stop an ARMED DRUG DEALER FFS, or a terror suspect.
A clear case of the their own self importance going right to their arrogant little heads.
I have no problems with Police smashing things in, but when its APPROPRIATE, not for some pathetic "chase".
Whats wrong with following him home and having a word there? They HAD to smash his car in did they?? They had no other choice to get this HARDENED, DANGEROUS, and life threatening criminal off the streets?! LOL, its pathetic.
I cant watch that video anymore, it just makes me more and more angry every time I see it.
Funny how people wonder why the Plod get such little respect in this country.
Traffic cops even less as far as I am concerned. They are below street sweepers in the pecking order. They contribute NOTHING to society.
Beat cops however, wow, total respect. Tough job, but these doughnut monkeys sat in cars are about as useful as a bikini in Greenland.
Its incidents like this that lead to people in need of REAL help with burgulars being told "sorry, we cant send anyone round, we are currently smashing some guys car in becuse he didnt stop for officer Tiddles and Officer Porky"
Its jaw dropppingly disgusting and shambolic. The two cretins involved should be barred from the force for life.
For the "the old mans a CRIMINAL" brigade, he failed to stop and was guilty of a MINOR motoring offence. Get over it.
That sort of reaction I would expect to see from them trying to stop an ARMED DRUG DEALER FFS, or a terror suspect.
A clear case of the their own self importance going right to their arrogant little heads.
I have no problems with Police smashing things in, but when its APPROPRIATE, not for some pathetic "chase".
Whats wrong with following him home and having a word there? They HAD to smash his car in did they?? They had no other choice to get this HARDENED, DANGEROUS, and life threatening criminal off the streets?! LOL, its pathetic.
I cant watch that video anymore, it just makes me more and more angry every time I see it.
Funny how people wonder why the Plod get such little respect in this country.
Traffic cops even less as far as I am concerned. They are below street sweepers in the pecking order. They contribute NOTHING to society.
Beat cops however, wow, total respect. Tough job, but these doughnut monkeys sat in cars are about as useful as a bikini in Greenland.
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Not sure why the chap in yellow had to go quite as mad as he did, almost took out his colleague at one point. I'd be pretty miffed I got hit by a glass covered baton and be tempted to complain myself. Two of those coppers definitely got a bit over excited there.
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That's not true. They put a lot of business BMW and McDonald's way.
not read the thread then ?
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Yeh I did, the old guy is blagging it without a doubt, definately guilty.
But if I was the copper on the right I'd stand up and say the other two were acting over the top and out of control.
So guys, what was the correct action to take in the circumstance? This is especially addressed to those who disagree with what the police did, as you seem to have the world figured out quite nicely and thus surely know the correct answer.
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you clearly didnt 'read' enough before you started your torrent of abuse on the police.
to sum it up in simple terms (as you seem not to understand basic concepts - perhaps again becuase your to busy spreading police hate propaganda BS.) - he tried 'whether accidently or not - doesnt matter' to run one of the police officers over, the resulting police action WAS justified once you have taken all the given circumstances into account.
the driver is clearly inept on a multitude of levels.
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How was it even fractionally justified?
They could have just followed him home, or until he stopped.
Why the need to go rambo ?
Utterly pointless. He wasnt a threat to them, he was sat in his car, calmly, while Officers Tiddles and Porky went psyco.
If he was known to the Police already, why not just send two REAL police officers round to his house?
What a lot of nonsense about trying to run an officer over. I have to lol at this. If this was true, he would have been brought before the courts on attempted murder, or attempted GBH/ABH charge.
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So jumping on the bonnet like some reject from Lethal Weapon 26 and kicking in the windscreen is normal police techniques when dealing with confused 70 year old men, regardless of whether he was argumentative or not.
You have the correct Username. MrLOL, because LOL'd I did.
I fail to see the relation to democracy and this situation?
Surely the laws should be followed then there would be no need for any further issues? The police haven't ever broken my window in as i've not attempted to drive off while being delt with.
You then say, "Whats wrong with following him home and having a word there?". So, people that are in real need of help need to wait because two coppers should follow a bloke home and have a word there? What if they didn't know where his home was? Follow him up to Scotland? You can't have it both ways.
What is disgusting and shambolic is that someone can have the gall to try and run over a police officer, or any other human. It's assault with a deadly weapon, it's sickening. This man should be banned from driving for life.
A man flees from the scene of a crime, and doesn't stop. The police has NO idea what they were dealing with. This man could be a gangster, armed, violent, unpredictable. They had to protect themselves and the public. Dealing out quick action such as they did to restrain the man and prevent him causing injury to the officers, the public or himself.
If this man carried on and drove into someone walking along the road, or ploughed into a smaller car and caused injury then you'd be here blaming the police for doing nothing but following him home.
When is it appropriate? After he's shot someone? Ran someone over? Come now.
Because they have better things to do than follow every criminal home and have a cuppa and a word there! Speak to any officer, they will tell you that there isn't enough time in the day to complete all the jobs they need (and want) to do. You're now suggesting that instead of being on the beat, responding to other calls and being a visual presence they should be following criminals home to have a word with them at home because it's convenient for the crim? Bloody hell, you're bananas!
They get plenty of respect from me. They do a hard, challenging job.
Greenland can get above 20 degrees C, and when it's awfully cold a lot of time I suspect the ladies quite enjoy donning their bikinis and enjoying the sunshine.
No, you're right. The police should have let him go. They should have sent out the signal that it is acceptable to disregard the law. The should have spent time following him, waiting for him to stop. Or they should have expended more resources sending officers to his house to arrest him later, though whether he would be there or whether he wouldn't resist arrest later would be unknown.
And what then? The next disgruntled member of the public to take offense to being admonished for breaking the law, knowing that he may not be followed if he simply drives off, simply drives off. Others witnessing this lackadaisical approach to policing realise they can take the proverbial mile (when given an inch).
And when another crime in another part of the town goes unpunished because police are too busy patiently waiting for a man to pull over who will get the blame? Oh, the police again... because they are wasting resources not taking definite action against other criminals.
Your solution shows a lack of thorough thought on the matter, indicative of a larger thoughtlessness that pervades your entire person.
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Dont be silly. They KNEW who he was, they knew where he lived as he was "known" to them.
Why wasnt he even charged with anything relating to this? A car is not a "deadly weapon"
You should be a journalist. He drove off after having believed that he had been dealt with. It was not a CRIME. Jeeesus wept. It was a contravention of motoring regulations.
Protect themselves and the public?! Dont make me laugh. He was driving along following traffic as normal, and stopping for red lights.
SHOT someone?!! SHOT them!? Not everyone outside Glasgow packs heat just to pop to the shops you know.
Yes, REAL police, these guys are not.
Dont be silly! You are just trying to argue for the sake of arguing now.
Mr LOL if you dont mind me asking are you a police officer or did you once want to join them, I think I remember a thread about you going something along them lines.