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This is a normal post So...
He was a robber, trying to escape/evade arrest?

Sorry, but harsh as it was, I can't say I have a massive amount of sympathy for him there.
 (dieselmonkey, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 11:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Trying to escape?
He was running to start with, but fell then laid face down with his hands behind his head instead of trying to get up. I'm pretty sure 'give him a good hard kick while he's handcuffed on the floor' isn't a valid restraint technique
 (madsporkmurderer, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 12:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sympathy for the individual is one thing
But do you really want people like that being cops?
 (I helped save b3ta! Peej, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 12:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post There are some shitty people in all jobs everywhere.
The answer is no, of course we don't want police like that. But then they don't represent the majority of police. Statistically there are many more incidents of ass-holes attacking the police/other people. I used to live in Reading - I have first hand experience! ;-)
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 13:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oh, well that makes it all OK then.

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 13:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post No, of course it doesn't. Geez.

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 15:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Honestly?
At that stage, he was not a burglar in the eyes of the law. He was a suspected burglar, and therefore innocent.

Moreover, even if he was guilty, he has a right not to face an arbitrary beating: he has a right to trial. And he has a right for any punishment that is mandated by the judge at that trial to be (a) proportionate and (b) within the constraints of minimal decency. Here, there was no trial, no judge, no process, no proportionality and no decency.

But apart from that, you're completely correct.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 13:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post right to trial?
depends on who you are these days, labour introduced arbitrary detention without trial for the select few, overturning nigh on 800 yrs of legal history.
 (I helped save b3ta! Avast is still alive!!!!, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 14:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post You seem to have missed the point of my post.

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 15:24, , Reply)