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ewacat.bsky.social • 3 days ago

surely, surely i have forgotten how to read

Sussex Police officers Pc Stephen Smith and Pc Rachel Comotto, who Pava-sprayed and Tasered a 92-year-old amputee in a care home, have both been found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

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themagusunion.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow, so the UK is giving their police force the same leniency as what the pigs across the pond receive?

That's quite an icy, slippery slope, to say the least.

ewacat.bsky.social•2 days ago

you guys are catching the transphobia from us, we're catching the above-the-law copaganda from you guys, it's a real cultural exchange going on

themagusunion.bsky.social•2 days ago

I miss the old days where we just traded TV shows instead. 😅😅

thatoldbear.bsky.social•3 days ago

ACAB. horse whipping would suit this crime

eye0fthest0rm.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jesus, you guys are turning into America. I say that with much sadness

tseikkis.bsky.social•2 days ago

How TF is it justified to fire a taser at a 92 year old and not understand you are risking death? Those things aren't safe. One legged 92 year old guy in a wheelchair holding a butter knife and this is not excessive force?

ewacat.bsky.social•3 days ago

there's a photo of the knife in this article and, err, huh. huh. decisions. choices. okay https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgj8d9l8xw5o

thebrainofchris.bsky.social•3 days ago

Forget what I just said. We're fine. Definitely.

lottelydia.bsky.social•3 days ago

"PC Smith previously told jurors he did not see that Mr Burgess was disabled and using a wheelchair as he was focused on the knife the pensioner was holding in his hand" uhhhh

ewacat.bsky.social•3 days ago

i am glad that someone with these observational powers is a police officer

anothersmd.bsky.social•3 days ago

Call me simple but I'm not sure how this threat was assessed:

"The care home called 999 in June 2022 after Mr Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, reportedly grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff."

tinyearlobe.bsky.social•3 days ago

Omg that knife couldn’t cut BUTTER

jmcrowell.bsky.social•2 days ago

"The reason for his behaviour that day, we now know, is that he was delirious as a result of a urinary tract infection."

Didn't know pepper spray was the new treatment for that. Atrocious.

goatfellboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

As a professional nurse, who cares for older people with mental health problems and teaches staff how to recognise and deescalate aggressive situations, all I can say is what the fuck?!

goatfellboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

The fucking police man

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