British Police Punching Restrained Victim

British Police use force, fist blows & tazer (twice)



Citizen Journalisim Youtube footage.

It is only due to members of the public that increasingly police abuses are being exposed in Britain today.

A man apparently being shot twice with a Taser gun by police in Nottingham in a mobile phone video taken by a citizen journalist.

The footage has prompted calls from human rights groups for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to investigate the incident and review the use of Taser guns by police. Like the buckets of whitewash from the IPCC will help?

The video shows four police officers converging on a man outside the city's Theatre Royal in an attempt to arrest him. One of them tells the other officers to stand back and fires a Taser at the person as he lies on the pavement. One of the officers then punches the man repeatedly.

Bystanders gather round and a policeman fires the Taser again at the man on the floor, while shouting: "Taser, Taser, Taser." The Taser gun consists of two darts on the end of wires containing a 50,000 volt electric shock.

Hundreds have died in the USA from use of Taser weapons.

The video was posted on YouTube.

Nottinghamshire police told the Press Association that officers were trying to arrest the 40-year-old man after they were called out by door staff at one of the city's nightspots; he was later charged on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

Assistant Chief Constable Peter Davies said: "We understand that some members of the public may be concerned about this ... which is why we have referred this ­matter for an objective investigation to the IPCC."

Unfortunately, those of us with first hand experience of the IPCC will not be reassured by them slapping around yet more white paint!