This is a bit too familiar

[SueEllen]

BBC News - Officer suspended over 'kneeling on neck' during arrest

Officer suspended over 'kneeling on neck' during arrest - BBC News

An officer has been suspended after footage emerged which appears to show police kneeling on a man's neck.

Video recorded in Islington, London, shows two officers holding a handcuffed suspect, who is black, on the pavement.

A second officer has been removed from operational duty after the arrest on Thursday evening.

Deputy Met Police commissioner Sir Steve House said the footage was "extremely disturbing" and had been referred to the police watchdog.

[minestrone]

They should have just left him to go about his business with his knife.

[woohoo]

"An eye witness told the BBC: "I was worried he was going to get executed. That's just how George Floyd got killed.

"If not for the crowds filming the police they could have suffocated him or broken his neck."

It's beyond parody. I feel so sorry for police officers.

[darmstadt]

No mention of a knife in that article:

The force confirmed it had arrested a man on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon.

Police using techniques they are not trained to us:

Sir Steve said: "The video footage that I have seen today and is circulating on social media is extremely disturbing.

"Some of the techniques used cause me great concern - they are not taught in police training.

[minestrone]

Actually, yes, it might have been a smoked sausage.

[darmstadt]

They might have thought he was Brazilian: Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes - Wikipedia

Or maybe it was a table leg....

[DoctorStrangelove]

Or maybe it was a table leg....

Nah.

There's no indication they thought he was Irish.

[SueEllen]

It's beyond parody. I feel so sorry for police officers.

In cities like Liverpool those same type of police officers harass white working class boys.

[woohoo]

In cities like Liverpool those same type of police officers harass white working class boys.

Two police officers dealing with a man with a knife with a crowd around them. You remember last week when two police office where attacked by the crowd.

Feel incredibly sorry for them.

If you are making some kind of point just say it rather than trying to be clever. Be direct.

[minestrone]

In cities like Liverpool those same type of police officers harass white working class boys.

"In cities like Liverpool"