Looking at the video I get the impression the police office may have accidentally (negligently?) fired the taser. It’s fired just as she draws it and from a weird angle. Also I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to shoot tasers into people’s faces and it’s not like you can hide the fact.
Still a very serious incident, but quite a different one (and one that suggests maybe police shouldn’t routinely carry tasers).
… Hang on a sec - I don’t want them coming here.
You missed the killing of Dalian Atkinson last August?
The dog seems to be more intelligent, more articulate and has more self-control than these two dickheads.
I was thinking the same thing
Glad to see they didn’t kill his dog for the threat that it posed
Yeah, I mailed my drool to that 23andme site specifically in the hope that I wasn’t as white as I seem, but as it turns out, I totally am. My family is from the other side of the gorge though, so that probably explains it (since black people can’t cross running water).
Well at least he wasn’t in the US. If he were, he and his dog would likely be dead.
This looks so tame compared to American police
There isn’t even a requirement to own or carry ID in the UK, let alone produce it on demand.
There are plenty of people in the St Paul’s area of Bristol who have a very different experience from you.
It’s also worth pointing out that complaints stats often mean very little in an area as big and mixed (rural and urban) as Avon & Somerset, especially when those most likely to experience oppressive or violent policing (black communities and young people) are the most unlikely to complain (because the complaints system is slow, obstructive and invariably useless)
Incidentally, the reason why Mr Adunbi refused to give his personal details to the officers is because he had previously been targeted and assaulted.
One of the officers came right in my face
Over the line, officers. Over the line.
Tame does not equal safe. See my earlier comment about the death of Dalian Atkinson after he was tasered by police.
Still, if the various US police departments started a policy of policing by consent it would be a massive improvement. It doesn’t mean that it will be perfect though, as this article and my example shows.
Ah yes, so many criminals out taking their dogs for a casual walk while doing crime-y stuff.
I’m sure you are right. You will forgive me if I try and avoid Bristol. In the wrong light I could be mistaken for a “suspect”. And while this is probably a statistical outlier, there was nothing in this story to give comfort swarthy types like me. Call me cautious.
Is anyone else confused by the headline? If the police are assaulting someone, they clearly suspect him of something. He may not have actually been this other drug dealer, but they treated him like a suspect, so I’d argue he was in fact a suspect in a crime.
He was not a perpetrator of a crime the way they thought.
If the cops continue to blur the distinction between being guilty and being suspected of guilt, we who report on them should not reinforce this problem.
This is the kind of thing that puts me off being a 63 year old black guy! Surely if it was videoed we should be seeing this on pornhub?
Genius!
The police dropped the charges when they realized who the person was. During the encounter however, it is clear to see that those officers were acting normally and according to training. Just another day you could say. They had assumed they would be found in the right. After all, this is a black man in England in an area that requires a race relations advisor.
I’ve lived in the American south for most of my life but I had to visit England to really see what racism looks like.
