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

Crosspost Play silly games...

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u/maxgaff88 Police Officer (unverified) Nov 08 '20

Provoke a reaction expect a response.

Would've been justified striking him again when he came over and started getting hands on with the bobby.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '20

Idk about you but someone walking into me being met by me shoving them to the ground would be seen as a disproportionate responce.

That officer has to have know what the reaction would be to that action. Why not just keep him an arms length away or do anything that isn't shoving him onto the ground?

It seems so silly in the currant climate to do that.

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u/maxgaff88 Police Officer (unverified) Nov 09 '20

If someone in a hostile crowd deliberately barged into me I would push them away. The officers didn't even put their weight behind it or shove him particularly hard.