Off Topic The Politics Thread

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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

  • Stay in

    Votes: 56 47.9%
  • Get out

    Votes: 61 52.1%

  • Total voters
    117
  • Poll closed .
I’m joking. Obviously I agree with you in general. I’ve not read about this taser thing but will check it out later and decide I oppose Goldie’s point of view probably.

It’s really not about having “a view”….it’s about the blatant lies that are glaringly obvious for all to see.
And then, we’re expected to believe those lies !!!
Shocking !!!
 
It’s really not about having “a view”….it’s about the blatant lies that are glaringly obvious for all to see.
And then, we’re expected to believe those lies !!!
Shocking !!!

It’s a difficult one because I’m quite anti the police right now over the dog executions and randomly arresting people for standing near a coronation but also quite like calling people Nazis. I’ll get back to you.
 
I’m joking. Obviously I agree with you in general. I’ve not read about this taser thing but will check it out later and decide I oppose Goldie’s point of view probably because it would be more boring if I didn’t.

I knew it! You agree with me really :emoticon-0102-bigsm

Have a look at the taser incident, and call me out if I misrepresented the position.

Stainsey wouldn't know "impartial" if it bit him in the arse
 
I knew it! You agree with me really :emoticon-0102-bigsm

Have a look at the taser incident, and call me out if I misrepresented the position.

Stainsey wouldn't know "impartial" if it bit him in the arse

The point I was making is that you lied when you said they “rushed in and tasered him”…..and it’s glaringly obvious they most definitely didn’t.
What happened after that is irrelevant to the point I’m making.
Even an idiot can see that……well maybe you can’t
 
The article I read isn’t very detailed but the police were there for an hour before he was tasered which seems odd. If he’d approached them then presumably he wouldn’t have been able to fall from the balcony.

Not really the point and it won’t bring this poor guy back but there should be specialists for talking people out of suicide threats. The police aren’t suitable for this IMO.
 
The article I read isn’t very detailed but the police were there for an hour before he was tasered which seems odd. If he’d approached them then presumably he wouldn’t have been able to fall from the balcony.

Not really the point and it won’t bring this poor guy back but there should be specialists for talking people out of suicide threats. The police aren’t suitable for this IMO.

Would you say that by being there for an hour, could in any way be misconstrued as “rushing in” ?
 
Would you say that by being there for an hour, could in any way be misconstrued as “rushing in” ?

No, I agree with you both to some extent as there are holes in the story I can’t fill in. Obviously they didn’t rush him but then I don’t see how he could have attacked them either to justify the tasering.
 
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Would you say that by being there for an hour, could in any way be misconstrued as “rushing in” ?

What matters is, he was suicidal, on a balcony, the police tasered him causing him to fall to his death and the officers are being investigated for manslaughter.

How fast they ran up to his flat is not material, and you're only raising it because your son is in the Met.
 
The article I read isn’t very detailed but the police were there for an hour before he was tasered which seems odd. If he’d approached them then presumably he wouldn’t have been able to fall from the balcony.

Not really the point and it won’t bring this poor guy back but there should be specialists for talking people out of suicide threats. The police aren’t suitable for this IMO.

They called for a specialist. In the hour they waited for him to turn up, the situation escalated thus needing them to have to break into the premises to approach the guy.

Without further evidence, you can only assume he's come at them, thus requiring the deployment of a Taser....bodycams will sort it all out, as currently no-one has been charged, only investigated.

However, to say they rushed into the flat and then tasered the guy is stretching the truth a little thin.
 
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No, I agree with you both to some extent as there are holes in the story I can’t fill in. Obviously they didn’t rush him but then I don’t see how he could have attacked them either to justify the tasering.

That's fair, but I didn't say they rushed him. I said they rushed up to his flat, because he was threatening to jump, and their job was to try and save his life.

They end up tasering, apparently causing him to fall to his death. That's the current situation.
 
What matters is, he was suicidal, on a balcony, the police tasered him causing him to fall to his death and the officers are being investigated for manslaughter.

How fast they ran up to his flat is not material, and you're only raising it because your son is in the Met.

No what matters I that you told a lie for dramatic effect....that’s what I called out.
And again yet another lie to suit your argument......I’ve never said my lad is in the Met. He isn’t.
There really is no hope with you
 
No what matters I that you told a lie for dramatic effect....that’s what I called out.
And again yet another lie to suit your argument......I’ve never said my lad is in the Met. He isn’t.
There really is no hope with you
He's a copper, and your view is, my son's force right or wrong.

Anyway, this is boring me now so go and whinge to someone else.
 
That's fair, but I didn't say they rushed him. I said they rushed up to his flat, because he was threatening to jump, and their job was to try and save his life.

They end up tasering, apparently causing him to fall to his death. That's the current situation.

You said they “rushed up to his flat and tasered him”.....go back and read it if you think you didn’t.
 
He's a copper, and your view is, my son's force right or wrong.

Anyway, this is boring me now so go and whinge to someone else.

You just said he’s in the Met.......I said you’re incorrect. What am I supposed to do ? Be complicit in your lies ?
Next you’ll be telling us that 47% is a majority....oh wait, you already did that one :emoticon-0136-giggl
 
You said they “rushed up to his flat and tasered him”.....go back and read it if you think you didn’t.

Jeez, the comma between flat and because, divides what I said and why I said it. In other words, the reason I said they rushed, was because this guy was presumably hanging off a balcony. If you prefer to say they took their time, that's up to you.
 
Jeez, the comma between flat and because, divides what I said and why I said it. In other words, the reason I said they rushed, was because this guy was presumably hanging off a balcony. If you prefer to say they took their time, that's up to you.

Doesn't sound rushed, sounds organised. We have no way of knowing what occured on the balcony to cause the officer to draw, and then fire his taser. If memory serves me well, pretty sure they have to shout a warning that they are going to fire unless there is a direct threat...

The IOPC said that at around 2am on 12 April officers forced their way into the flat and “tried to persuade the man to come inside from the balcony and requested that a police negotiator attend the scene”.

Evidence at this stage indicates that an officer discharged their Taser, shortly before the man fell from the balcony railing at around 3.20am. The man fell five floors to the ground and was transported to hospital with critical injuries. He sadly died later that day.”

The IOPC said the police negotiator arrived just before the man fell but had not entered the flat
 
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Doesn't sound rushed, sounds organised. We have no way of knowing what occured on the balcony to cause the officer to draw, and then fire his taser. If memory serves me well, pretty sure they have to shout a warning that they are going to fire unless there is a direct threat...

The IOPC said that at around 2am on 12 April officers forced their way into the flat and “tried to persuade the man to come inside from the balcony and requested that a police negotiator attend the scene”.

Evidence at this stage indicates that an officer discharged their Taser, shortly before the man fell from the balcony railing at around 3.20am. The man fell five floors to the ground and was transported to hospital with critical injuries. He sadly died later that day.”

The IOPC said the police negotiator arrived just before the man fell but had not entered the flat

Both officers involved have been handed gross misconduct notices in addition to being investigated for manslaughter.

Of course, the law regards them as innocent unless and until proven guilty.