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and ? she falls on her face - wants someone to blame. So she had a black eye sustained from when her fall. How is that the policeman's fault? How about she takes responsibility for her own condition?


Farcial situation tbh. Agree with kgi on this one.

A drunk woman gives verbal abuse to police, physically resists the officer from taking her to a cell to sleep it off. To the extent he had to partially drag her. God knows what drunken stupor state she is in to be dragged like that. She is so drunk that she cannot put her hands in front of her when falling down?

OK - i admit the police officer was wrong to shove her onto the floor when putting her in the cell. We dont know the exact details. I think yes he should be fired from his job and perhaps a suspended sentence but not 6 months in prison. I do not think he intended that level of harm at all.

You see the thing is - if she was not drunk there is no way her injuries would have been as serious at all. This is why i said earlier she has to take some responsibililty for her injuries. A sober person in the exact same situation would be sitting on the bed in the cell are possibly grumbling at the heavy handedness of the officer.

Bearing in mind the custody officer has to deal with lots of lovely individuals like this all the time (esp at the weekend)
 
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The officer, a former soldier... ahhh couldnt hack it as a soldier, so thought he would make a super duper police man ....lol Utter numpty. the little bully.
 
Surfer said:
and ? she falls on her face - wants someone to blame. So she had a black eye sustained from when her fall. How is that the policeman's fault? How about she takes responsibility for her own condition for a change eh?
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Have you been aggressively handled by a police officer before?
 
If she hadn't got the black eye from landing awkwardly, there probably wouldn't have been a problem.

Yes he was heavy handed, but unlucky in some respects too.

The woman was being a **** to begin with anyway, you dont drag people or have that sort of issue if they are being as good as gold.
 
Surfer said:
and ? she falls on her face - wants someone to blame. So she had a black eye sustained from when her fall. How is that the policeman's fault? How about she takes responsibility for her own condition?


Farcial situation tbh.
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ITS A CONSPIRACY I TELL YOU! The police that reported him , The judge that sentenced him the chief constable that agrees with the sentencing are all in on it and will be splitting the compensation money!
 
I think the most telling part of the push/fell argument is in the video itself. You can clearly see him using force to push/throw her to the ground; she didn't trip. The man in a position of trust and authority lost his temper and took it out on someone under his charge. Fundementally, this is not acceptable. Yes, it's possible that he was having a bad day, but he still should not have used such aggressive force on the lady regardless of how she was acting as others have said, there are correct procedures in place. He should have also have been mindful of the fact he was losing his calm and delegated the responsibility to the other officers around. He had no excuse in dragging the woman and throwing her into the cell, other than trying to intimidate her into seeing that he was the one in charge there.

This of course, also begs the question: if he's done this once, has he done it before or would he do it again? One would like to think it was a complete one-off, but we cannot know. I believe the officer approached the whole situation incorrectly and is now dealing with the consequences. There is absolutely no need for the officer to have been shouting at the woman the way he was regardless of her own belligerence; he should have been leading by example, not trying to prove to the other officers and the woman in question that he was top dog with a display of chest-thumping.

Losing the job I feel may be a little too harsh if it was indeed, a completely out-of-character reaction due to variables in his life, etc. Personally, I would've liked to have seen a demotion, retraining and possibly a fine. But, I suppose this is also about damage limitation. He's lost trust that was place in him through his actions and due to the nature of his job, is probably irredeemable given the circumstances.
 
I'm still also wonder if she was charged or if there was any proof that she was actually drunk.

I know if someone started being heavy handed with me without any reason I'd probably flip out and not silently co-operate hoping that nothing would happen.

I know that yes, she may be lying/laying it on thick but for me it doesn't look like it.
 
Good, jailed for six months. I couldn't be any happier. There's nothing, nothing in this world worse than a heavy handed police officer; brutal usurper. I'd rather keep company with rapists and murderers.

Maybe I'm going ott, but what a douche. Anyway, fair play to the PC that reported him, can't have been easy!. Great justice!.
 
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http://www.keepmedriving.com/category/offences/alcohol-drugs/drunk_in_charge/
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Lets hope she didn't have the keys in the ignition then! Thank you for the link.

Defence

You should note that so far as section 4(2) is concerned, a person is not regarded as being in charge of the vehicle if he or she can prove that, at the material time, the circumstances were such that there was no likelihood of them driving the vehicle for so long as they remained unfit to drive through drink or drugs. However, in order to use this as a defence, you will have to show the court that factors existed which would point to this conclusion being drawn. Thus for example, if the keys were in the ignition or the engine was running it will be more difficult to prove this than if the person had, for example, given the keys to someone else to look after and was simply sitting in the car.
 
Sky News said:
"If he had been a member of the public that had assaulted me in that way, I think he would have got a greater sentence.
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Actually, I bet if he wasn't a Police Officer, he'd have probably had a fine.
 
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