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On the macro level, yes, worrying about the police roughing up a shoplifter is nothing compared to international arms deals and the implications of such sales. But we're just looking at this video of some policemen roughing up someone who was already apprehended. There was no need. I agree we could be doing with some positive appreciation of the police force because it does seem like the media wants to constantly make them out to be a shambles, but the poor decisions made by the few do need to be acknowledged because to not do so would be appalling, in my opinion.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Zee

On the macro level, yes, worrying about the police roughing up a shoplifter is nothing compared to international arms deals and the implications of such sales. But we're just looking at this video of some policemen roughing up someone who was already apprehended. There was no need. I agree we could be doing with some positive appreciation of the police force because it does seem like the media wants to constantly make them out to be a shambles, but the poor decisions made by the few do need to be acknowledged because to not do so would be appalling, in my opinion.

I dont agree with this either. There are those awful programmes mostly narrated by Jamie Theakston where I see the police acting quite brutally toward innocent people yet those programmes are supposed to be some kind of celebration of the police. The police force is IMO inherently corrupt and even when they get the chance to show us how hard their job is I see police acting like thugs. The police have plenty of chances to give us something positive and they usually fail.