Shocking Police Brutality Shown on UK TV

[radford]

Tonight on ITV London they have shown shocking Police brutality footage as the main story. It happened in Brentwood Essex last night.

It is truly frightening to see what has happened on our streets.

Two women assaulted by the Police ( just for complaining about the main incident )

One man beaten and thown on a car and having CS gas sprayed into his face and wounds - after he had been handcuffed.

The Police in the UK are still totally out of control - and we still have not had any decision from the CPS about the G20 Murder of Ian Tomlinson.

Perhaps it will appear on internet soon and then you can see how bad this incident was.

[keystone]

Common Assault! Sue the bastard.

Cheers

[wakeup2nwo]

the bastards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3pXiPkl8E

they want people to be angry at this imo,

"there wasn't enough officers"

yea right, more like an opportunity to bring more police onto the streets

[wildhorse]

yeah not suprised by that one bit...reminds me when my mates gf tried to commit suicide and self harm by throwing zopiclones down her neck. The Policy Enforcers came and dragged me away from her (calming her down) cuffed her wristes and ankles, dragged her down stairs onto the lawn and kept pushing me and grunting at me. I calmly asked these fuckers (PC 365 and PC 2232 OF CLEVELAND POLICE) 'is that an order or a request?'

ORRRRDER!!!!!:mad:

ok, under which Law?

they couldnt answer but charged this woman with racial abuse [she called them black bastards when one was asian] and attacking an officer [she ftried to kick free when on the ground] when she needed urgent hospital attention (stress with such potent meds can cause death btw) and she needed to be sectioned under section 2 (observed etc) as this was her 2nd OD in 3 days. They got me 'back' after I asked for their collar numbers, in a case of entrapment, and lies, and I lost my licence cos I stated my rights and tried to help this girl as a mental health worker.

what is scary is the way these bastards loose it and had no fucking humany empathy at all. This is not a daily hate campaign it is fucking real...so many are seriously screwed up, in a pathetic kinda way it has to be said. Fat porkers usually...cant run without wheezing so lets taze and spray em

I hope these on this film are dealt with accordingly...

[dynamicwiseman]

What makes a police officer lose all logical and coherent thinking during an arrest? Look at their eyes it's all in the eyes. Not long ago a Nigerian man was killed while being arrested by police, very similar to this video. excluding one detail, the police where standing their knees on his neck, thus suffocating him to death.

[fork]

people that join the police force and the armed forces are traitors to their own people, I don't mean the people that live within their area but all people. we are a united force if only we knew it. if you join a totalitarian military machine then you have no place in the movement forward.

[adzboarder]

Gosh this is truly horrifying - total unnecessary force, and to spray him and worst still to THREATEN bystanders with spray as well?

These guys should be thrown out immediately and face full assault charges, and the judges should fucking exercise it's "power" to the full extent on these thugs.

^ None of which will happen by the way.

[yozhik]

There was absolutely zero justification for using CS spray in that incident.
It was unadulterated thuggery - the spray was used to inflict maximum pain.
Nothing more; nothing less.
It was the sadistic act of a madman.

The policy enforcer should not only lose his job; he needs to face criminal conviction.

No excuse.
No justification.
Abuse of assumed power.
Assault by a uniformed thug.

[fork]

the cunts that did this will see no wrong in what they did. they will see it as their job. this is the way that the nwo have some sheople programmed. I just hope that we can get the majority of sheople to wake up and see this is wrong.

I think sheople hang on to the bullshit that policy men are our friends. the sooner they realise that the size ten boot is going to be firmly imprinting it's stamp on you sooner then later is a long way off.

Sheople are always going to bow down to a badge and a baton as long as it has the endorsement of their beguiling queen.

[lupa]

There was absolutely zero justification for using CS spray in that incident.
It was unadulterated thuggery - the spray was used to inflict maximum pain.
Nothing more; nothing less.
It was the sadistic act of a madman.

The policy enforcer should not only lose his job; he needs to face criminal conviction.

No excuse.
No justification.
Abuse of assumed power.
Assault by a uniformed thug.

five years for carrying a can of c.s gas these days? ..wonders what little piggy will get for actually using it that way? it would have been G.B.H a few years ago.(not for the likes of them though) promotion beckons or a nice paid holiday for that fine upstanding man no doubt :rolleyes: piece of shit and they wonder why they are called pigs.

[whitenight639]

five years for carrying a can of c.s gas these days? ..wonders what little piggy will get for actually using it that way? it would have been G.B.H a few years ago.(not for the likes of them though) promotion beckons or a nice paid holiday for that fine upstanding man no doubt :rolleyes: piece of shit and they wonder why they are called pigs.

Can you really get 5 yrs for having CS spray? I thought it was legal as its a defensive weapon.

[lupa]

Can you really get 5 yrs for having CS spray? I thought it was legal as its a defensive weapon.
it's a fire arm here in the uk. i'm sure it used to be 7 years. so lets see what piggy gets.

[kde_]

This was published in my local rag
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4628534.Cops_spray_gas_in_handcuffed_man_s_face/

[lynfowars]

The close-range shot of CS into the cuffed man's face was not an option in CS training.

At that range, the man would suffer solvent burns and possibly eye damage.

At the risk of making some angry here, an anarchy is as bad as a police state. A video doesn't always tell the whole story in violent arrests. The police always look bad during a violent arrest, especially when you don't get the whole story from the start, to see just how nasty and violent the arrestee may have been.

If you think someone, who, perhaps exceedingly strong, and is still snarling and fighting has a blade, you simply will not be able to be 'nice' during the arrest.

Also, sadly common these days the equally drunken crowds may be malevolent or threatening to the officers. When drunk snarling males move towards you during an arrest, they are not coming to help...

I have had it happen to me arresting some of Britains army of aggressive drunken chavs who strutt around at chucking-out time thinking they can hit anyone. Many carry blades now.

Put yourself in the officers' position. Should the cops have taken a kick in the head first or a knife in the chest first?

Would you have preferred to watch that video if the cops weren't as aggressive, where the drunken chavs weren't told to keep back, but instead pile in and heabutt or stab the cops then free the 'heroic' drunk?

When cops are doing an arrest and they say get back, you should do so. Film it, record it, but keep back. If there is a psycho' cop, the complaints process would soon see him/her sacked. But anarchy on the streets for every violent arrest of a drunk is not the way.

But, I can't see why they felt the need for the close-up CS shot, he was well under control at that point.

[ge_mike]

The lesson here is that we need to teach our children that becoming a member of the police or the military is an act of betrayal towards common people.

[djhooker]

on the flipside, i was at a rave this weekend and the police were sound, they let us carry on til 8 in the morning, i was chatting to one of them who turned out to be an anarchist and on his phone he had the crass logo as the wallpaper! i asked why are you in the police, he says, it pays the bills.

not all police are cunts, although i think you have to be a bit of a cunt to join.

[grenadene]

The lesson here is that we need to teach our children that becoming a member of the police or the military is an act of betrayal towards common people.

That's the number one golden rule for my children. A career in the military or the police is the path of the seriously unimaginative....and fortunately they understand why.

The police in the OP needs a serious taze to the scrotum!

[ben black]

They why do the non-c*nts not say anything? They still cover for the c*nts.

The footage of the guy being sprayed with CD AFTER being cuffed warrants an arrest of the officer who did the spraying. If I tied someone up and sprayed CS in thier face - I'd be done for something (ABH / GBH? One of the coppers here may be able to confirm).

I know a few police officers and they are decent guys. But I haven't seen them when they are on duty. Are they still decent guys when in uniform? I hope so.

When I was a kid ( I am only 34) all the coppers were well over 6 foot and built like brick sh*thouses. If kids were messing about, they were able to give them a clip round the ear - I once got on the wrong side but once the tears had stopped he made sure I was alright and explained why he did it. It sounds strange but I gained a lot of respect for him and all the local bobbies.

Now - coppers are fresh from school, 5' 6" and armed to the teeth with sticks, sprays, armour etc. Half of them must have watched Robocop or Cobra to many times.
A lot of them seem to take out a kind of revenge on society.

[lupa]

The close-range shot of CS into the cuffed man's face was not an option in CS training.

At that range, the man would suffer solvent burns and possibly eye damage.

At the risk of making some angry here, an anarchy is as bad as a police state. A video doesn't always tell the whole story in violent arrests. The police always look bad during a violent arrest, especially when you don't get the whole story from the start, to see just how nasty and violent the arrestee may have been.

If you think someone, who, perhaps exceedingly strong, and is still snarling and fighting has a blade, you simply will not be able to be 'nice' during the arrest.

Also, sadly common these days the equally drunken crowds may be malevolent or threatening to the officers. When drunk snarling males move towards you during an arrest, they are not coming to help...

I have had it happen to me arresting some of Britains army of aggressive drunken chavs who strutt around at chucking-out time thinking they can hit anyone. Many carry blades now.

Put yourself in the officers' position. Should the cops have taken a kick in the head first or a knife in the chest first?

Would you have preferred to watch that video if the cops weren't as aggressive, where the drunken chavs weren't told to keep back, but instead pile in and heabutt or stab the cops then free the 'heroic' drunk?

When cops are doing an arrest and they say get back, you should do so. Film it, record it, but keep back. If there is a psycho' cop, the complaints process would soon see him/her sacked. But anarchy on the streets for every violent arrest of a drunk is not the way.

But, I can't see why they felt the need for the close-up CS shot, he was well under control at that point.

I enjoy reading your posts lyn but i too have worked on the town at kicking out time and have seen at first hand the police lined up in almost full riot gear ready for a good ruckus (their words) they even admit to enjoying the saturday nights so they can throw their weight about. sorry but i dislike the police, they are always on duty and it really is them and us. one of the women were trying to intervene and just look at the restraint that pig did, where did he learn to grab a woman like that? big man grabs her round the throat wtf!
i know that drunk people are around 3 times stronger than average due to booze and some people can not take their pop but the guy was bloody handcuffed for christ's sake. i also know that the police do not use the neutralising solution for those under arrest, they use it for themselves and to save a few quid. they often leave those sprayed with c.s gas in agony way after the spray has been used. disgusting! so piggys if your reading this i suggest you give up your jobs as soon as is humanly possible or face the wrath of a baying public because I for one dislike bully's more than you could ever comprehend. your weak, pathetic, parasitic nature makes me sick to my core and you will get yours, karma always calls collect her debts! I promise you that;)

[disorder2k8]

hmm well it must be the place where you live, we had some police stop the car we were driving in the other night, both had cannabis on us and we were both patted down (we hid them well so they weren't found) and we had a jolly good laugh at each other and some good banter and then we wished them well, they did the same to us, we got home and had a smoke ;)

[grannymoose]

No longer have I have respect for these scum.
nothing but mindless thugs hiding behind a badge.

[grenadene]

I enjoy reading your posts lyn but i too have worked on the town at kicking out time and have seen at first hand the police lined up in almost full riot gear ready for a good ruckus (their words) they even admit to enjoying the saturday nights so they can throw their weight about. sorry but i dislike the police, they are always on duty and it really is them and us. one of the women were trying to intervene and just look at the restraint that pig did, where did he learn to grab a woman like that? big man grabs her round the throat wtf!
i know that drunk people are around 3 times stronger than average due to booze and some people can not take their pop but the guy was bloody handcuffed for christ's sake. i also know that the police do not use the neutralising solution for those under arrest, they use it for themselves and to save a few quid. they often leave those sprayed with c.s gas in agony way after the spray has been used. disgusting! so piggys if your reading this i suggest you give up your jobs as soon as is humanly possible or face the wrath of a baying public because I for one dislike bully's more than you could ever comprehend. your weak, pathetic, parasitic nature makes me sick to my core and you will get yours, karma always calls collect her debts! I promise you that;)

'Move away or you will be PROCESSED' is the precise phrase I've heard them use..... PROCESSED indeed. The police would do well to learn that their employers don't give a damn about them and they are alienating the public at great speed. There are police lurking and hiding and staring all over my town....it makes you scared to out at night :eek:

Reassure and protect......bwahhahahha!

An element within the police is becoming a lawless band of bullies and the good cops are saying nothing....thus tarring them with the same brush. I only wonder how extreme the legislation has to get before any of them step away and say.....'I'm not doing that....it's WRONG?

[sickleblade]

Some of the shit they do to people is unreal. Fuck the police. I beg someone upload or link the CCTV footage of the uefa cup final in Manchester when that pig got rushed by the rangers fans

It's all about the French though they don't care about beefin it out with police. Us English are jokers LOL

[sardonicus]

lupa piece of shit and they wonder why they are called pigs

^Agree.

Policing in the UK has become completely twisted and corrupted. These fat
thugs, who are armed to the back teeth, swear an oath to protect and
serve UK citizens, NOT fucking ATTACK, BEAT and TORTURE people!!

It would be interesting to see what the authorities are actually teaching and
training new recruits, CSO's and full time police officers to do... neuro-
linguistic programming plays a big part here me thinks. People are beginning
to realise fully what the police are now like and the reactions to them bullying
and pissing people off with their shitty, agressive, thug-like attitudes is
making ordinary everyday people react far more aggresively back towards
the police!

Compared to civilian numbers, the actual number of police is very small
and they know if the people really went off on one big time they would
all be running away to hide under a stone!! That's why their superiors have
instructed them to come down hard on even the most minor misdemeanour.

Also, let's not forget the disgusting politicians who have sanctioned such
things as huge heavy batons which are like baseball bats,
CS GAS and TASERS... they need too 'feel the heat' also...

From one 'Whiskey Mike' to the WM police... F**k you!!

[pinkgrapefruit]

The close-range shot of CS into the cuffed man's face was not an option in CS training.

At that range, the man would suffer solvent burns and possibly eye damage.

At the risk of making some angry here, an anarchy is as bad as a police state. A video doesn't always tell the whole story in violent arrests. The police always look bad during a violent arrest, especially when you don't get the whole story from the start, to see just how nasty and violent the arrestee may have been.

If you think someone, who, perhaps exceedingly strong, and is still snarling and fighting has a blade, you simply will not be able to be 'nice' during the arrest.

Also, sadly common these days the equally drunken crowds may be malevolent or threatening to the officers. When drunk snarling males move towards you during an arrest, they are not coming to help...

I have had it happen to me arresting some of Britains army of aggressive drunken chavs who strutt around at chucking-out time thinking they can hit anyone. Many carry blades now.

Put yourself in the officers' position. Should the cops have taken a kick in the head first or a knife in the chest first?

Would you have preferred to watch that video if the cops weren't as aggressive, where the drunken chavs weren't told to keep back, but instead pile in and heabutt or stab the cops then free the 'heroic' drunk?

When cops are doing an arrest and they say get back, you should do so. Film it, record it, but keep back. If there is a psycho' cop, the complaints process would soon see him/her sacked. But anarchy on the streets for every violent arrest of a drunk is not the way.

But, I can't see why they felt the need for the close-up CS shot, he was well under control at that point.

As you say, the CS at close range is not an option... so from that alone the thug in uniform should lose his job. He has displayed his mindset in this video and therefore fails the test to be a policeman.

I have seen the video and the guy is handcuffed and well restrained, it matters not how "violent and nasty" he was before that, he is no danger to any of the thugs in uniform. The police are not the administers of corporal punishment in this country.
The guy was probably shouting all sorts of abuse at them but does that warrant two long squirts of CS spray direct into eyes and open wounds from eight inches away? Fucking outrageous!

The reason the 'chavs' might react to such a situation would only be because of the actions of uniformed thugs.
I have seen quite a few arrests on Friday and Saturday nights in my time due to drunken and violent behaviour. However I have never seen the Police in these instances behave any other way than they should and because of that, the bystanders didn't get riled up and all was okay.

If they are making an arrest using reasonable force and say to the gathering public 'get back', then fair enough... but if they are using unneccesary violence, shouting and threatening complainants with CS spray then the rules change.

There is no excuse for this and all the thugs in that video should all lose their jobs.

[lynfowars]

As you say, the CS at close range is not an option... so from that alone the thug in uniform should lose his job. He has displayed his mindset in this video and therefore fails the test to be a policeman.

I would agree, if he was still a danger (see my next reply) a punch in his face would have been safer (yes, I'm serious).


I have seen the video and the guy is handcuffed and well restrained, it matters not how "violent and nasty" he was before that, he is no danger to any of the thugs in uniform.


No, he wasn't very well restrained at all. Daisy-chaining solid cuffs is very poor and still allows a violent person a lot of articulation and powerful kicks. I am talking from real-world having been there and done it and even been hurt by the drunken 'chuck-out heroes'.

The facts need to be heard. If the suspect was verballing threats to the officers who are you, or anyone, to say the officers should not take it seriously? This man didn't look like he had yet co-operated to a search, therefore he may have had a knife. Just as bad, what if he were threatening to spit or bite (as MANY do) or headbutt and he was a carrier of Hep' or something?

Would you honestly not be violent to such a man if you were there on the street that night?

No, in such situation the police should use as much force as is necessary to subdue the arrestee. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the arrest that is a matter to deal with later at the station and complaints stage. If some drunken loon is still a physical threat, even a badly handcuffed one, he will receive physical force from the officers, prison wardens, bouncers, YOU, as the case may be.

It is easy to say fck the police when you are young and aggressive. Wait until you are older, ill or infirm, you would see a world without police as a rather brutal place I assure you. I have been in that world for over 20 years, and have watched town's 'hard men' mature and age into shadows of their former selves, who are as quick as anyone else to pick up the phone for the police when the young guns seek them out. Humble pie for them? Sure.

I agree with the rest of your position, that many cops inflame a situation. But to suggest those bystanders are White Knights in Shining Armour, however pissed, who should interfere with any arrest, I say no way. That would be anarchy. Film it and ask questions later, alcohol has no help to offer.

Anarchy means you die, you won't always be young and strong.

[keystone]

I would agree, if he was still a danger (see my next reply) a punch in his face would have been safer (yes, I'm serious).and it would STILL have been an assault!

Cheers

[djhooker]

Anarchy means you die, you won't always be young and strong.

not sure i agree with that tbh, there's many forms of anarchism. not all violent.

[harry_88]

While we live in the NANNY STATE. Such scenes are common. Societies which don't dictate to the citizens on every aspect of their lives encourage a more responsible individual. In such a society abusive substances can be made available but abuse does not take place due to the higher consciousness of the citizen.
What we see in this video is symptomatic of the greater problem of exploitation.
Whereby the citizens are encouraged to indulge their senses, cravings, lust. Rather than learn self-control through yoga. Cos if the citizens were self-controlled rather than controlled by tptb then the exploitation would be redundant.

[pinkgrapefruit]

I would agree, if he was still a danger (see my next reply) a punch in his face would have been safer (yes, I'm serious).

No, he wasn't very well restrained at all. Daisy-chaining solid cuffs is very poor and still allows a violent person a lot of articulation and powerful kicks. I am talking from real-world having been there and done it and even been hurt by the drunken 'chuck-out heroes'.

I'm sorry Lyn... but the guy in jeans is well restrained by two burly thugs. He has his hands cuffed behind his back and he has his ankles tied too, his heels were nearly rammed up his own arse!

The facts need to be heard. If the suspect was verballing threats to the officers who are you, or anyone, to say the officers should not take it seriously?

So if he threatened to kill the officers, should he be charged with conspiracy to commit murder?
These are professionals (supposedly)... the arrestee can verbally abuse them all he wants but seeing as he IS well restrained, why should there be any concern over the threats? ...Sticks and stones and all that.
If someone threatened to kill me in the street and I then proceeded to beat seven shades out of him, would the police agree that I took the right action..? I don't think so!

This man didn't look like he had yet co-operated to a search, therefore he may have had a knife. Just as bad, what if he were threatening to spit or bite (as MANY do) or headbutt and he was a carrier of Hep' or something?

It doesn't matter that he may of had a knife or even an M16 machine gun tucked in his pants... he was restrained and not capable of using it, same goes for your other examples, he was in no position to headbutt anything but the road or the bonnet of the car and the same goes for the biting and the spitting.

Would you honestly not be violent to such a man if you were there on the street that night?

I'm not a violent person... so no! I would of course use self defence if needed but this does not apply here.

No, in such situation the police should use as much force as is necessary to subdue the arrestee. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the arrest that is a matter to deal with later at the station and complaints stage. If some drunken loon is still a physical threat, even a badly handcuffed one, he will receive physical force from the officers, prison wardens, bouncers, YOU, as the case may be.

I agree... as much force as is necessary... however, it was not necessary to spray this guy in the face.

It is easy to say fck the police when you are young and aggressive. Wait until you are older, ill or infirm, you would see a world without police as a rather brutal place I assure you. I have been in that world for over 20 years, and have watched town's 'hard men' mature and age into shadows of their former selves, who are as quick as anyone else to pick up the phone for the police when the young guns seek them out. Humble pie for them? Sure.

Age makes one wiser and I'm sure there is many an old 'hard man' out there that has his regrets over his youth and I'm sure if they could, they would try to tell these young ones to restrain their impulses.
But if it's the young and aggressive that make the world a rather brutal place then maybe the police should refrain from employing them!

I agree with the rest of your position, that many cops inflame a situation. But to suggest those bystanders are White Knights in Shining Armour, however pissed, who should interfere with any arrest, I say no way. That would be anarchy. Film it and ask questions later, alcohol has no help to offer.

Anarchy means you die, you won't always be young and strong.

If I was witness to what was on the video I would intervene for sure... I could not just stand by and 'film' a bloke being tortured by these thugs. I don't know what I would do exactly because I have never been in that position and hope I never will.

Anarchy is not what you think. Peace to you Lynfowars

[lynfowars]

and it would STILL have been an assault!

Cheers

In two, absolutely identical visual situations, a pre-emptive punch in the face may be an assualt, or completely by-the-book justified.

Context is everything! far too many of these videos do not show the full facts and the context.

I am not saying the police are always right, they often are not, but equally a picture does not always paint a thousand words.

Let's visit the real word for a moment:

I was once investigated on a serious complaint. A town-centre bystander had watched me knee-strike a person I arrested and crumple him to the floor.

To that bystander, who watched from a distance, it must have indeed looked very bad. There was a man, seemingly talking quietly to a cop and then the cop knee-strikes the man as hard as they could to disable him.

What the bystander did not realise, was that the man was pissed out of his head, had had a violent row with his spouse, and had told me he was going to "put the heed" on me (that means he stated an intent to headbutt me) and his body tensed-up and his eyes widened the instant before I hit him.

That's why I took him down. And that's why he, when sober, admitted these facts and the complaint was dropped.

You need to be there, face to face sometimes, to see what is going on.

The majority of cops in this land are still decent souls, even if NWO policy is making them do questionable things that may be over their asleep heads.

[wildhorse]

I enjoy reading your posts lyn but i too have worked on the town at kicking out time and have seen at first hand the police lined up in almost full riot gear ready for a good ruckus (their words) they even admit to enjoying the saturday nights so they can throw their weight about. sorry but i dislike the police, they are always on duty and it really is them and us. one of the women were trying to intervene and just look at the restraint that pig did, where did he learn to grab a woman like that? big man grabs her round the throat wtf!
i know that drunk people are around 3 times stronger than average due to booze and some people can not take their pop but the guy was bloody handcuffed for christ's sake. i also know that the police do not use the neutralising solution for those under arrest, they use it for themselves and to save a few quid. they often leave those sprayed with c.s gas in agony way after the spray has been used. disgusting! so piggys if your reading this i suggest you give up your jobs as soon as is humanly possible or face the wrath of a baying public because I for one dislike bully's more than you could ever comprehend. your weak, pathetic, parasitic nature makes me sick to my core and you will get yours, karma always calls collect her debts! I promise you that;)

Go lupa!!!! ...you are infact chillingly right however. Reminds me of Bill Hicks on marketers..."satans little helpers, ....kill yourselves...its the only way to save your soul" :D

lovely pic of you there btw...very classy and reflective - boootiful ;)

[godspeed]

violence breeds violence......

free floating anarchy.....

dont sound bad to me.............:D

[candygirl]

Totally un called for.
The guy was already in pain and bleeding and then the CS is sprayed onto an open wound disgusting poor guy was that his blood on the car bonnet?.
The policy officer kneed him aswell sickening!
Why pick on people who are defending someone who obviously could not defend themselves? What on earth could that woman of done that was so bad so threatining to the thugs?
Yeah ok she may of had a knife? didn't look it to me so she was forceably arrested by the thugs.
I mean once he was cuffed they the thugs could just of put him in a van but no they the thugs just made matters worse the spray arresting the women the thugs made a mountain out of a molehill!
I agree it's all been done to make us hate the policy officers so they have the excuse for martial law and total curfews etc total control.
What i see here is typical Problem Reaction Solution.
Total Common Purpose.

[soothseeker]

Unfortunately this is fairly typical and I've experienced it first hand.

When I was sixteen years old, I had a female police officer approach myself and several friends. She announced she was new to the area and so wanted our names. I asked her why she wanted our names and she replied “because I feel that I will be dealing with you in the future”. I was quite clued up on the law as I had been a squatter for the last few years, but my friends wasn't.

One by one she took all my friends names and wrote them into her little black book. When it came to me I simply refused to give my name, stating she had no right to have it. She didn't like this and tried to argue by law I had to give it but was unable to back up which law required me to do so. To be honest she just ended up looking rather foolish in front of quite a few people, what a shame.

The next night a police car drove past and turned around after spotting me. A policeman came out (screaming at me) and started having a right go at me. He was trying to get me to kick off with him so he would have grounds to make an arrest. Knowing better I simply stayed calm.

He said he could arrest me if he wanted to so asked what for. He replied “drunken disorderly”, I hadn't drunk a thing. Then he chucked me to the ground and then tried to get me into the car. The car (an old fiesta) was only a two door and each time he threw the seat back it swung back again due to the force he used each time. Getting somewhat bored I put the seat forward myself and got in.

When we arrived at the station instead of taking me inside, he took me around the back. Throwing to the ground again he started to beat me while telling me he was going to make me pay for what I had done the night before. Another copper turned up at this point who I knew but instead of helping or applying the law, he decided it would be more fun to watch and encourage the twat.

After about fifteen minutes he eventually calmed down enough to take me inside and through me in the cells. A few minutes later he came in and told me strip off for a search. Knowing that he had wrongly presumed I was older, I obliged knowing full well he would be conducting an illegal strip search on a miner.

Some time later a desk sergent turned up to do whatever it is they do and the arresting officer explained what had happened but of course left out any mention of any beatings. He did claim I resisted arrest however. Taking my details they suddenly relised an illegal search had happened. I then asked for a doctor and solicitor and made my complaint.

Some time later the officer (called PC Rocky) had a black mark put on his record and was transferred to another station and position. However a police cannot loose rank and therefore had to be promoted for this to happen.

I ended up having to plead guilty to being drunken disorderly although I wasn't and was fined £150.

Did I learn anything, yes, what police stands for: People Of Limited Intelligence Control Everyone