Two officers responding to call from care home in East Sussex allegedly also hit Donald Burgess with baton
  • ianhclark510English
    21·
    2 days ago

    Man, with the enthusiasm they put into beating this man I assumed it was American cops

    But hey, in the states they’d have spared him by covid by choking him out

  • VirgilMastercard@reddthat.comEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Scum. They just escalated that situation so they could use their toys on the old man. He was no threat whatsoever, they could have sat down and had a chat with him.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I would LOVE to see a judge play the tape of them doing this, and then ask them to explain specifically how a 93 year old disabled man was a physical threat to them. Go on. Explain in detail.

      I’m dying to hear their justification of this.

  • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Him fencing the baton with the knife is actually very funny. Overall I don’t really have an answer as to what I’d have done as an RN before calling police, but usually you can redirect someone like that to somehow get rid of the knife.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      I just think if you can’t disarm a one-legged 93 year old without resorting to pepper spray and batons, it’s likely you’re bad at your job.

      Lock the door, walk away. “When you’re ready to put down the knife, we’ll give you a sandwich.”