I never knew about this to that video of the police woman in America I think it was. Quite an interesting story. If anyone has the video link post it here please so I can rewatch it.
30 UK Police vs man armed with machete in the street.
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I never knew about this to that video of the police woman in America I think it was. Quite an interesting story. If anyone has the video link post it here please so I can rewatch it.
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The only shocking thing was his behaviour.
The cops did it by the book and used excellent tactics and restraint given that being threatened with a machete can warrant the use of lethal force.
The cops did it by the book and used excellent tactics and restraint given that being threatened with a machete can warrant the use of lethal force.
Have you ever had to deal with something quite as extreme as that situation as your time as an officer?
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I'm no police expert or violent man containment expert but I thought the old bill did a good job. If I was one of those policeman I'd be grabbing anything which puts something between me and a weapon of any sort.
Seriously people are to quick have a go at the uk police ,they are not perfect but who is
Seriously people are to quick have a go at the uk police ,they are not perfect but who is
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Yes but not with a machete. Been with a bat or knife.
Never had the response that the Met did in the vid though.
Never had the response that the Met did in the vid though.
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Well I guessed it was South London by the houses but I couldn't work out what road it was. I guessed at back end of Brixton, but it's Brockley 
To be honest, there are nut cases like this out quite regularly in that area. A couple of years ago some guy was walking down the street with a shotgun in a bag threatening to kill people, then refused to put it down and turned on the armed police. They shot him dead on the spot. Turned out to be a broom handle in the bag. Then another one, some nut gangster bloke showing off a handgun on the street turned on the armed police. Again, shot dead on the spot. Turned out to be a replica and he was only about 17.
As I understand, both cases are still ongoing and the police simply never hear the end of it when they shoot people.
I say well handled. None of them got hurt and the guy was detained.
To be honest, there are nut cases like this out quite regularly in that area. A couple of years ago some guy was walking down the street with a shotgun in a bag threatening to kill people, then refused to put it down and turned on the armed police. They shot him dead on the spot. Turned out to be a broom handle in the bag. Then another one, some nut gangster bloke showing off a handgun on the street turned on the armed police. Again, shot dead on the spot. Turned out to be a replica and he was only about 17.
As I understand, both cases are still ongoing and the police simply never hear the end of it when they shoot people.
I say well handled. None of them got hurt and the guy was detained.
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Wheelie bin was a good call.
Once arrested he could be carted off to the station. Must put that in as a suggestion.
Once arrested he could be carted off to the station. Must put that in as a suggestion.
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If it was the police in another country, they would have shot him.
The UK police is slated too often for the hard work they do and then get blamed for what ever the outcome. Critics say "should have done it this way or that way" At the end of it, they contained the situation and put another crazy man off the street.
The UK police is slated too often for the hard work they do and then get blamed for what ever the outcome. Critics say "should have done it this way or that way" At the end of it, they contained the situation and put another crazy man off the street.
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Indeed, it could have been a rubbish idea but turned out to be wheelie good.
Is that based on fact or conjecture?
Perhaps you could argue that the first 10 or so officers on scene could have dealt with it but no doubt at greater risk. It's only sensible to think that "Well if we just contain him for another minute or so, there's gonna be more than enough to take this tit down". I think anything else is just stupid unless the situation permits it. Our police are generally reasonable and we should appreciate that.
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Glad he wasn't shot (though I'd make the case that it would be utterly no loss to the world anyway) but seriously, why didn't they use a tazor? While the tactics they used worked, I would have expected them to call someone in with a tazer and just make him go down to ground with it. Safer for the police and dare I say a bit of justice delivered haha.
Then again tazers aren't 100% success rate and could put him into a frenzy. So maybe that is why.
Then again tazers aren't 100% success rate and could put him into a frenzy. So maybe that is why.
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Shocking? Really? Looks like the police did a good job containing the situation and then used overwhelming numbers to restrain the guy with no unecessary violence or injury to the nut case with a machete, the public or the police officers.
Job well done I'd say.
I did think that but I don't know the practicalities of tasers. I have seen a few shows where they follow cops around and some men when very aggressive take those volts surprisingly well.
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- You need an officer trained in Taser.
- You need to get relatively close to fire one.
- They don't always work.
Shooting is the last thing you want to do, armed officers are only humans ..
Such as MCCoy in the Charles Witman case who went on to suffer from PTSD, granted that he did a lot more than just stand their with a machete, I can't that shooting someone will do any good to somebodies future.