Man tasered in front of his kid at petrol station

skaif · 9 May 2020 at 01:45

So this has been blowing up on twitter.

Looks like this guy committed a series of offences and then got tased in front of his kid on a petrol station forecourt.

Public split over the actions of the police.

Should it have gone that far? What say you GD?

Ermagherd in front of his kid no way?!

He was more of a danger to the kid and deserved it?

Link to original video:
https://twitter.com/essmurph/status/1258537649368739840?s=19
Link to police response:
https://twitter.com/gmpolice/status/1258727381600292870?s=19
Link to sky article:
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/man-...f-young-child-investigation-launched-11985163

hyperseven · 9 May 2020 at 02:06

Drunk, speeding with a kid in the car. Think he got off lightly with being tased.

Rroff · 9 May 2020 at 02:08

Don't see a problem - police gave him plenty of chances to cooperate.

EDIT: That said if he was clearly under the influence they'd have been better off soft controlling the situation so another unit could arrive to remove the kid so that two officers were free to detain him properly.

jsmoke · 9 May 2020 at 02:09

Could have done with seeing more of the beginning of video. He doesn't seem to be resisting arrest. Tough being police though have to make split second decisions then live with fallout from internet etc.

Harsh on kid though.

skaif · 9 May 2020 at 02:17

jsmoke said:
Could have done with seeing more of the beginning of video. He doesn't seem to be resisting arrest. Tough being police though have to make split second decisions then live with fallout from internet etc.

Harsh on kid though.

Link to first part of video:
https://twitter.com/essmurph/status/1258556377364140032?s=19

Sankari · 9 May 2020 at 02:31

Resisting arrest is never a good idea. Using your kid as a shield is just despicable.

He brought it on himself.

Marky · 9 May 2020 at 02:40

At first, after seeing the video I thought the police were pretty quick on the trigger, and it looked as though the cop had already made his mind up on tasing the dude.

However, all that sympathy drained away after seeing what he was being charged with.

Rroff · 9 May 2020 at 02:49

Marky said:
At first, after seeing the video I thought the police were pretty quick on the trigger, and it looked as though the cop had already made his mind up on tasing the dude.

However, all that sympathy drained away after seeing what he was being charged with.

Yeah - lot of people won't see past the kid scared out his life when his dad gets tased - won't see that his dad put him in that position in the first place and could have ended up in a worst position if the police hadn't taken action.

jsmoke · 9 May 2020 at 03:25

skaif said:
Link to first part of video:
https://twitter.com/essmurph/status/1258556377364140032?s=19

That's much clearer video. Slightly resisting seems fair enough.

Efour · 9 May 2020 at 05:02

Taze the kid too np.
Clearly the police are just racists out for a lynching.

Dyson · 9 May 2020 at 06:26

Doesn't seem the best idea to use a taser at a petrol station, should have just broken out the baton.

Stumble Bum · 9 May 2020 at 06:31

'In a statement, Greater Manchester Police said a man has been charged with seven offences, including speeding, having no insurance, drink driving, failing to stop and unnecessary travel.'

Add to that resisting arrest....

Umm yeah tasering is more than reasonable, shame they aren't allowed to do more than just tasering tbh.

Akagi · 9 May 2020 at 06:41

My first thought was using a tazer at a petrol station is probably even more dangerous than sparking up a cigarette.

Second thought was surely one of them could have taken the kid away from the situation before it escalated to that point?

If the answer to my second thought is "not really, no" then I don't care and he had it coming.

Derek W · 9 May 2020 at 07:18

skaif said:
So this has been blowing up on twitter.

Public split over the actions of the police.

Well colour me surprised.

chaparral · 9 May 2020 at 07:28

People in that tweet linked were worried about this man being tasered in front of a kid
but not about this man was drink & driving + speeding with that kid in the car :eek:

chaparral · 9 May 2020 at 07:31

Acme said:
My first thought was using a tazer at a petrol station is probably even more dangerous than sparking up a cigarette.

I didn't even think of that

Malevolence · 9 May 2020 at 07:38

Never mind the massive lumps of hot metal with multiple electrically triggered explosions going on under the bonnet, did the cop get berated over the Tannoy by some spotty teenager for using his Taser on the forecourt?

200sols · 9 May 2020 at 07:48

chaparral said:
People in that tweet linked were worried about this man being tasered in front of a kid
but not about this man was drink & driving + speeding with that kid in the car

Yep. The twitter nazis really are stupid.

COYS · 9 May 2020 at 08:28

Acme said:
My first thought was using a tazer at a petrol station is probably even more dangerous than sparking up a cigarette.

Second thought was surely one of them could have taken the kid away from the situation before it escalated to that point?

If the answer to my second thought is "not really, no" then I don't care and he had it coming.

I don't think he'd have allowed them to take the kid to one side, that would probably have only aggravated the situation further. Looks like they hit him when the kid was a couple of steps away so that was their best chance to end the issue. The way he fell looked a bit nasty though, I don't know if the other officer could have helped him down after he was tazered??

And the kid seeing it, well it might stop him from growing up to be a wrong-un like his old man

Begbie · 9 May 2020 at 08:37

Rroff said:
Yeah - lot of people won't see past the kid scared out his life when his dad gets tased - won't see that his dad put him in that position in the first place and could have ended up in a worst position if the police hadn't taken action.

Yep. Seems strange he even got the kid out the car really. No fault of the police here, what were they meant to do? Let him go? Fathers fault, not the police.