Cop strikes woman at G20 on video

[ViolentPanda]

Quite. I think that actually weakens his possible defense more than the baton.

Very much so, in terms of what he's officially allowed to do in that line. Batoning someone below the shoulder line is permissible as long as you don't aim for the genitals or the kidneys (although obviously some do!).

 

[Badger Kitten]

My mole says News at Ten are going big on this; the woman being hit. So I'm off to watch it.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Given the shit I hear on the Wednesday from Jeremy Vines callers in (yeah I know), some folks think this is just desserts. They were calling for water cannons and baton rounds

Most of them being wall-eyed pilchard molesters who've never seen up close what sort of carnage a baton round can wreak in a crowd, the stupid cunts.

 

[Blagsta]

She punched him in the back or did you forget to see that part?I'd want to keep away somebody who chose to attack me when surrounded by hundreds of people baying for my blood.

Totally agree some of them were trying to get a reaction so that they could play the victim.

Are you fucking tripping or something?

 

[_pH_]

A good comment from a BBC reporter on the 'incident', ''police can use violence but will have to justfiy it''. Having watching the video a number of times, for me the Police officer has done nothing wrong. She marched on him, verbally abusing him, and I can see her push/hit him in the back, and he turns around to defend himself and she got a back hander, he was trying to keep her away from himself, and she was a bit unlucky to get a slap on her face, he could have easily caught on the arm or somewhere else.

It does not matter if she was 2 foot tall, she was inciting the people around, and still continued to advance on him after she got the slap, and so he gave her a whack on the legs, and she backed of then, and more importantly so did the crowd around her. She jumped on a very minor incident which she had nothing to do with, and seemed to be intent on trouble with the police.
She was lucky she was not nicked on the spot. Know doubt if she was, there be a thread slagging the police off for that.

lol

 

[Blagsta]

I'm not suprised

Yeah, you imagined it.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

My mole says News at Ten are going big on this; the woman being hit. So I'm off to watch it.

On R4 just now they were very clear - they said he slapped her audibly, then took out his baton and hit her. No weaselling.

 

[Citizen66]

Well there goes his career!

 

[Garcia Lorca]

.......... and on ITN it goes with "apparently" etc.

despite being able to hear the slap on the video when they played it.

Everytime you see this video it looks worse. the woman was not trying to get past him or approaching him when the baton was used.

another cop suspended.... with full pay probably..

 

[Badger Kitten]

Second item on News at 10, and trailed in the preamble.

Good.

 

[_pH_]

enough bad apples to make shitloads of MetPol brand cider now

 

[IC3D]

He looked very at home backhanding that woman like it was nothing, emotive but that was my first thought, and still is hmm

 

[Badger Kitten]

NEWSNIGHT covering it as second item, in piece on protesting and power station arrests. On now (and on web tomorrow).
Greenpeace allege intimidation, harsssment, heavy handed police tactics towards green protesters.

 

[Badger Kitten]

Fuck' sake, Keith Vaz is on.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Fuck' sake, Keith Vaz is on.

I just caught the end of him being a smarmy little fucker. He didn't like being shown that video though. I noticed that they kept playing it, too, as a background.

 

[shaman75]

BBC News 24 just announced that the officer has been suspended.

 

[Badger Kitten]

Suspended; that was quick.
The indy media thread is full of journos asking for leads, heh.
We are all the media, innit.

 

[lopsidedbunny]

BBC News 24 just announced that the officer has been suspended.

Probably suspended due to not wearing his number even thou' the whole force was doing it...

 

[paolo]

BBC just announced he has been suspended.

(edit: my post: too late!)

 

[Citizen66]

Suspended; that was quick.
The indy media thread is full of journos asking for leads, heh.
We are all the media, innit.

And the Daily Star too ffs.

 

[Wilf]

On the number, the indymedia thread gives it as U 5402 - which is in line with a post on one of the other threads saying he'd been promoted (and so no longer on an AB number). Though, to be honest, its irrelevant if he's been suspended (though we haven't got a name yet - or for the Ian Tomlinson hitter AFAIK).

With regard to Badco's flurry of invisible punches from the woman, this is clearly possible given her extra 3rd arm. She has a big carton of fruit juice in one hand and a camera in the other. Hopeless for launching the cruel blows you imagine she rained down on him - must have the been her other arm then.

 

[Citizen66]

Probably suspended due to not wearing his number even thou' the whole force was doing it...

And being a leading news item won't help. He'll get the sack, they'll have to. Then he'll shuffle off into some other industry that requires you to be a wanker like door security or wheel clamping.

 

[Wilf]

Okay, all you techies and photographers - the next challenge is to get some good shots identifying the clubbers from the Climate Camp attack. Be harder to get any suspensions out of those, as the media are less likely to run with stories that don't have a visible individual victim. But worth a try.

 

[Treacle Toes]

....

 

[_pH_]

linky dink to beeb story

 

[paolo]

Okay, all you techies and photographers - the next challenge is to get some good shots identifying the clubbers from the Climate Camp attack. Be harder to get any suspensions out of those, as the media are less likely to run with stories that don't have a visible individual victim. But worth a try.

Like your thinking.

I hate to adapt tinternet-naff-term into a serious topic, but I think what we're seeing here is "Justice 2.0".

It's fucking cool.

 

[editor]

All this video and photographic evidence leaking through into the mainstream is going to make it really hard for the police to try and stretch anti-terrorism legislation to cover banning photography at future demos. Even the Daily Mail must now appreciate the importance of recording protests from all sides now.

 

[paolo]

All this video and photographic evidence leaking through into the mainstream is going to make it really hard for the police to try and stretch anti-terrorism legislation to cover banning photography at future demos. Even the Daily Mail must now appreciate the importance of recording protests from all sides now.

I'm quite hyper right now, seeing this unflold hour by hour, but I think you're right.

I think this is a genuine turning point.

 

[_pH_]

I'm quite hyper right now, seeing this unflold hour by hour, but I think you're right.

I think this is a genuine turning point.

i agree. there does seem to be something relatively momentous going on here, I don't remember there ever being this much anti-plod media coverage before!

*pinches self*

 

[david dissadent]

I suspect that many police officers now fear the people. What they fear is their ability to gather evidence and affect their careers.

I predict a large number of officers making themselves unavailable for further public order duties. Similar to the semi revolt in SO19.