Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted November 7, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted November 7, 2014 You can have rights and still not be a prick about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 7, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 7, 2014 Yeah. I'd rather the police had to put up with some people being pricks than the alternative which is them continuing to get away with abusing their power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted November 7, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted November 7, 2014 All depends on how far the power is abused for me. I think if you're in a state of authority like the police and some smug shit head teenager tries to push his luck then he deserves a roughing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted November 7, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted November 7, 2014 Does that mean you agree with roughing up a policeman that pushes his luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 7, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 7, 2014 I'd like to think someone in that kind of position of power should probably know better than to beat a child because "he started it" but clearly a lot of the time they don't so I'm glad they get called out on it. Â There's still way too many bad apples in the bunch for me to be willing to cut them any slack. I'm not gonna go about antagonising them but I'd be hard pressed to feel sympathetic either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 You can have rights and still not be a prick about it. The prick in question is the one telling people they can't do something that they can. As Chest said, before mobile phones these fuckers had carte blanche to do whatever the fuck they wanted, tarnishing good police with their shitbrush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted November 7, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted November 7, 2014 Yeah, film the police. There's a very good reason that public/police relations are at a low. If they're doing their job correctly there's literally no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 FILM THA POLICE, I always wondered what that censored word was in that hippety hop song was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted November 7, 2014 Moderators Share Posted November 7, 2014 Ha! Makes me think of that Adam & Joe "Help the Police" song.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I'm on both sides of the fence over the Police at the moment. One on hand I have had to make a complaint regarding one officer to the IPCC over their actions, or rather complete lack thereof. On the other, I have made 2 commendations about officers because they have been genuinely fantastic, going way beyond their allotted role to make sure that I was okay. Â I understand the reason why the Police come under such flack, but as with any job there are some better than others and some worse than others. Mix that with power and it's easy to see why it can quickly become a disaster in flash situations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I've got no issue with the filming and questioning of police actions it's the rudeness of some of the people who are being questioned in most of these videos. It's probably born out of previous bad experiences with the police but it's not fair to tar them all with the same brush. Â One video that comes to mind is when a 'Yoof' is being spoken to by an officer and he's being a right bellend and the copper asks him not to speak to him like a dick and the lad states that it's not his duty to be respectful to him but it is the cops as he has a code of conduct etc. Surely it's better to show a bit of grace when you're one upping a copper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 For all we know though, they have history with that copper. If the yoof steps over the line, the police will have him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Maybe and to be fair the 'freedom of travel' lot or whatever they're called are a lot more obnoxious. The police definitely need more training in that area because they're repeatedly getting thier arses handed to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Plod pulled so much shit with the anti frackers at Barton Moss that they had no choice but to film them. Even then they still tried it on and arrested people who were later released without charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Something a little bit more lighthearted... http://i.imgur.com/3D3WpHE.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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