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Polanski’s popularity plummets following row with police chief over Golders Green
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Aye, he dropped in my estimations but not for the reasons the article is trying to convey. He shouldn't have apologised and instead stuck to his guns.
The fuzz aren't above the law and police brutality shouldn't be normalised. It was excessive force for a person already restrained.
We've seen from America what happens if you let the police say they were scared, or it was stressful, or any number of excuses before brutalising someone. They learn the script and use it freely at will after that.
I've seen the videos, you would have to be blind or a moron to come to the conclusion that someone trying to slash at the arresting officers is in any way "already restrained".
So which are you?
The only conviction of a uk police office for killing someone in the line of duty was because he kicked the guy in the head.
Yet morons like you can't seem to grasp a simple fucking point and do nothing but flounder with trying to equate people advising that police don't use unnecessary force, especially with impunity, to being happy, or even advocating, Jewish getting stabbed.
Give your head a wobble and stop being a tool
I wobbled my head and came to the conclusion that context is very important.
Dalian Atkinson was unarmed and had not been reported as attacking anyone when he was unlawfully killed (not murdered, the killer was found not guilty of murder in an earlier trial). He was also reported to be in mental distress in a situation that could have been de-escalated rather than using force.
That is very different to witnessing someone stab another person and then having to wrestle the knife from them to stop them killing someone.
Do you see the difference? because I do.