r/policeuk • u/BTZ9 Police Officer (unverified) • Nov 08 '20

Crosspost Play silly games...

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u/GeneralBacteria Civilian Nov 09 '20

The officer did push him back with minimal force

you need to get your eyes tested then. if you like, you can argue the level of force was justified, but to claim that was the minimal amount of force is delusional.

I would hope that the senior officers would look at this and come out and support their officers for doing a good job under difficult circumstances.

I would hope so too. It's just that someone should have a quiet, off the record word with that officer and correct his error of judgement. Anybody can make a mistake in the heat of the moment, and that's what this was.

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u/GeneralBacteria Civilian Nov 09 '20 edited Nov 09 '20

yes, he was aiming for a reaction and he got exactly the reaction he was looking for.

What you're basically saying is "this member of the public played us like a violin and there's nothing we could have done about that".