Funny you should say that but I was just saying to my little wifie, and she is little, that my father in law would literally be calling the Police for not doing just that and also probably asking if he could take a turn in driving the car.
That video is definitely one of the most satisfying things I’ve watched in a while. I loved this quote too: "a lot of them [scooter riders] get up and run away and look aghast as if to say 'how dare we'". About 24s into the video you see exactly that. Damn right you little scrotes. Actions have consequences. Fair play to the officers involved too. They’ve clearly made a carefully thought out decision about what course of action will keep the public safest in the long run - and taken big risks in order to implement it. It would have been tempting to take the easy way out and avoid getting sued, and let the public suffer the wider consequences. Instead they stepped up. Good on em.
In a shocking development, Dianne Abbott had come out against this course of action by the police. It’s like she’s on a one-woman mission to wind up every voter in the country. Tory secret weapon?
Absolutely mint, run the little bastards off the road. It’s about time we toughened up regarding crime and not just these scooter gangs either.
Well, I see it as preventative. The scrotes could go on to cause harm to others and it's best to get them off the bikes as soon as they can. The reason that they are on mopeds, or whatever, is that they think that they can get away with it. The police are simply calling their bluff and, for once, I am all for this aspect of police brutality.
I'm what passes for a left-wing softie on this board and don't see anything resembling brutality. Police have always been allowed to use force in making an arrest.
I think its fair enough as a means of protecting the public. I can see some parents would think its excessive and obviously it has the potential to hurt or even kill the rider in certain unique circumstances. However the police are weighing up risk. It is unlikely the rider will suffer anything more than minor injuries in most circumstances. Their primary concern has to be reducing the risk to the public first and foremost. The risk to the rider is secondary and he wrote off some of his/her rights in my eyes when he/she decided to be a prize knob end.
