'Merica - Police runs down biker and kicks him to the ground

[Brizzles]

British police leg kick with style

 

[robgmun]

it is a requirement of the job that you're not too smart

seriously, if you score well on the test they give you you're ruled out for recruitment as a police officer along with the candidates that completely fail - they just want functioning human beings who won't think too much

There's a reason the Officer Brady stereotypes exist

 

[George Hincapie]

Why didn't the motorcyclist stop immediately? All of the cars got out of the way so the Police car was clearly using priorities. I have seen UK officers give more than a kick prior to cuffing, so less drama/indignation needed in the thread generally.

 

[Brizzles]

Why didn't the motorcyclist stop immediately?

I've watched it a few times now and i still can't see or hear anything that positively identifies the vehicle as a police car during ' the pursuit'.

who is driving an unmarked Chevrolet Camaro

 

[stuman]

seems as tho he thinks he playing with a camaro. not a copper. as when he gets to the lights the cop turns his signals on and the guy slums his head as tho he has been caught attempts to move his bike to safety. then, BAM. officer barbrady decides he doesn't like bikers and goes to crush him under his american muscle slab of iron.

 

[Mr-White]

tbh nudging one biker off at such a slow speed is in my opinion acceptable when his stupidity could have potentially caused a lot worse.

MW

 

[fez]

Quite amazed that anyone thinks the biker was trying to escape. He could have lose the police car in seconds if he was trying to run. He didn't realise he was there and when he did he stopped. Riding like a bit of a tit is not an excuse for booting the guy in his face and ramming his bike.

Any reasonable person wouldn't have been worried about the guy on the bike running once he had stopped. Any person who runs from the cops once they are within a few metres of them is really likely to get shot as well.

Nothing about that video suggests that the officer behaved in a reasonable manner.

 

[jigger]

tbh nudging one biker off at such a slow speed is in my opinion acceptable when his stupidity could have potentially caused a lot worse.

MW

You would accept being knocked off your bike, take a kick to the chest and someone pointing a gun in your face for something like speeding?

For a mugging maybe, but not this.

 

[dowie]

Why didn't the motorcyclist stop immediately? All of the cars got out of the way so the Police car was clearly using priorities. I have seen UK officers give more than a kick prior to cuffing, so less drama/indignation needed in the thread generally.

unmarked police car, he didn't see it straight away... I guess it is easier to hear when you're driving a car/not wearing a helmet

 

[Orionaut]

Quite amazed that anyone thinks the biker was trying to escape. He could have lose the police car in seconds if he was trying to run. He didn't realise he was there and when he did he stopped. Riding like a bit of a tit is not an excuse for booting the guy in his face and ramming his bike.

Any reasonable person wouldn't have been worried about the guy on the bike running once he had stopped. Any person who runs from the cops once they are within a few metres of them is really likely to get shot as well.

Nothing about that video suggests that the officer behaved in a reasonable manner.

The SMIDSY defence??!

Oh the Ironing!

 

[Gaygle]

I'm always conscious not to criticise someone when I don't have the fullest facts possible, but it does seem to be a bit excessive to kick a motorcyclist at gun point to the point you break his collarbone.

Yes he was riding fast and probably dangerously but if we did that to every biker the NHS would collapse

 

[Energize]

It is not their job to drive dangerously for the sake of a pursuit though. There has to be some sense of weighing up the risks. Police abandon pursuits in this country all the time, so as not to endanger people.

I think the pursuit was reasonable given the circumstances, biker posing a risk to life. The police officer wasn't pursuing at 90mph in a 20mph school area.

 

[Jokester]

That's what the biker gets for surrendering before the cop could shoot him.

 

[Rroff]

unmarked police car, he didn't see it straight away... I guess it is easier to hear when you're driving a car/not wearing a helmet

Pulling moves like that one would hope he had half an idea what was going on behind him - that does assume the police vehicle had any kind of lighting though - I can understand maybe not hearing a siren under those circumstances.

 

[josh_sheffield]

Quite amazed that anyone thinks the biker was trying to escape. He could have lose the police car in seconds if he was trying to run.

It's not unheard of for people, particularly bikers to play with the police. Plenty of videos online of idiots on bikes letting the police get close and then speeding off. Not saying that the biker in this video was definitely running but he might have been thinking about it or toying with the police officer or as you say completely unaware.

Btw I'm a biker and don't think all riders are idiots but there certainly are quite a few!