Police Taser their own race relations adviser in Bristol

TheVoice said:
There's a longer version of the video here:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-in...r-125840443.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb

Difficult to properly comment when even the video above only shows part of the interaction between the man and police (i.e. what caused the Taser to be drawn?) but the option to de-escalate and calm things down was there. The actual use of Taser didn't seem proportionate to the threat at that moment; they'd pushed him back and despite his resistance there are other methods available for containing that, even a red dot and verbal escalation if necessary. It'll be interesting to see how this one pans out.

Also not sure why the headline is "their own race relations advisor", he doesn't work for the police.
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The valid use of the taser seems to be the crux of the matter to me. Should they have used it or not? I don't believe they were under immediate threat at that point and it was just to aid an arrest. Using a firearm for that seems disproportionate to me.
 
Adunbi was initially charged with assaulting a constable in the execution of their duty and using threatening or abusing behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harrassment, alarm or distress. The charges have since been dropped.
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Did they drop the charges because he's a copper or because they just made them up to cover their ***? or both? would they have dropped the charges if he'd been your average joe?
 
mmj_uk said:
Did they drop the charges because he's a copper or because they just made them up to cover their ***? or both? would they have dropped the charges if he'd been your average joe?
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He's not a police officer. He doesn't and never has worked for the police.
 
What was the description of the suspect they were after.. 5ft to 7ft black male?

They asked him if he was the suspect, he said no and wanted to be on his way.

Seems like the cops couldn't handle being told no.
 
Craterloads said:
What was the description of the suspect they were after.. 5ft to 7ft black male?

They asked him if he was the suspect, he said no and wanted to be on his way.

Seems like the cops couldn't handle being told no.
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Lol what?

How many criminals do you think will turn around and go 'yeah, it's me' :confused:
 
Hades said:
The valid use of the taser seems to be the crux of the matter to me. Should they have used it or not? I don't believe they were under immediate threat at that point and it was just to aid an arrest. Using a firearm for that seems disproportionate to me.
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So all we know the person who they mistook him for could have been considered dangerous or aggressive.

In which case, using it would be entirely proportionate.

Again, any rational person when approached and told he matches the description of a wanted suspect would have whipped out an ID, shown it them and gone on his way.

But no, the stupid idiot wanted to try and be clever, he provoked, provoked and provoked until he got bitten, then cries wolf.

And even after being tasered, he still gobs off and refuses to cooperate.

should have tasered him twice.
 
Craterloads said:
What was the description of the suspect they were after.. 5ft to 7ft black male?

They asked him if he was the suspect, he said no and wanted to be on his way.

Seems like the cops couldn't handle being told no.
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I cant tell if this is a serious post? It can't be, nobody would be that stupid.

Show them ID, be on your way.

Not, refuse to tell them, get shouty, then try and do one.
 
Craterloads said:
What was the description of the suspect they were after.. 5ft to 7ft black male?

They asked him if he was the suspect, he said no and wanted to be on his way.

Seems like the cops couldn't handle being told no.
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:rolleyes:

I love how some people on here have no grasp of the real world or the people in it.

So they are supposed to take NO and just believe he's telling the truth? You do know criminals lie don't you? So even if he was the guy they were after and he said no they should just have let him go? :confused:

All he had to do is show ID and it would have been over.

The police are there to keep us safe and help us in a time of need, if more people understood this and showed them proper respect instead of trying to cause conflict with them this kind of thing wouldn't happen.
 
Looks like he was fighting with them, so I don't know what he expected was going to happen. He could have had a knife or a gun, the cops don't know what he's going to do. Why didn't he just cooperate and they would have realised it was the wrong guy, apologised and let him go? It's not like he is the first guy to be mistaken for someone else.

Shooting him in a the face was a bit harsh though lol
 
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