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How do you fend off a dangerous pc?
A 47-year-old man in London has been accidently killed by what police describe as a pit bull terrier type of PC.
Ian Tomlinson died of severe head and internal injuries after being accidently mauled by an aggressive breed of PC known as a ‘Harwood’ on his way home from work in London.
The exact circumstances of his death are unclear, but it would appear a defenceless pedestrian like him could do little to defend himself against certain killer breeds of PC intent on attacking people.
However experts say if an individual believes a policeman could be intent on attacking them, there are ways to help to diffuse the situation.
So what should people do when confronted by what they think is a dangerous policeman?
KEY TIPS
- No sudden movements – they could provoke the PC
- Never put hands in pockets – this will result in certain attack
- Turning your back can accidentally provoke a PC to kill you
- Avoid eye contact
- Back away but do not run away
- Never try to pat or feed a PC – even one you know
A veterinary surgeon and expert on PC behaviour said:
Mr Tomlinson’s mistake was to turn his back on the PC and put his hands in his pockets. This is always certain to provoke certain breeds of PC into attacking you. Standing still and saying in a firm voice – ‘SIT!’ is probably the best option
No warning
Experts say PC attacks are still relatively rare in the UK but what is called “dominant” aggressive behaviour like barking is normal in certain domestic breeds and could make a policeman likely to attack if provoked.
More dangerous is “predatory” aggression which is unusual but means the PC can strike without any warning at all. And if an obvious target like a person walking home from work has been attacked once, the PC will often seek out human targets again – as has been proven in the case of Mr Tomlinson.
Other advice
A spokesman for the RSPCA said it is important to study a policeman’s reaction to you:
If it stiffens up, holds it truncheon high, snarls and stares at you then be on your guard. If it shows its teeth it may be safest to go no further, but don’t turn and run – back away slowly – and of course never put your hands in your pockets.
However, experts agree the only long-term solution to the problem of dangerous attacks by aggressive PCs is castration of persistent offenders.
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Here’s a link to the Ian Tomlinson Family Campaign:
http://www.iantomlinsonfamilycampaign.org.uk/
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I notice they have banned the last summer riot programme tonight makes you wonder if this judgement was expected…………wonder what the weather is like in London?
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It’s worth searching Lucy Apps on youtube and listening to her Radio 4 interview. She’s the medical student who gave Ian first aid. Her account of Ian smiling and laughing, saying three times that he was OK then not responding sounds like death from a head injury. Not surprising considering the way his head bounced off the pavement.
Allowing Harwood to get away with murder is a deliberate wind-up intended to further separate people and police.
I say unite, people, police and military.
The Olympics present the perfect opportunity for a coup. Let’s join together and kick the war criminals out of office.
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PC Simon Harwood’s house falls down after he uses ‘reasonable force’ to open front door
PC Simon Harwood, who was found not guilty of causing the death of Ian Tomlinson despite video evidence showing him doing it, has narrowly avoided serious injury after using what he decribed as ‘reasonable force’ to open his front door.
PC Harwood described how his front door had obstructed him in the course of getting into his house by failing to comply with his request for entry.
“The door was deliberately getting in my way,” he said.
“I asked it to open, but depite repeated warnings it continued to ignore my requests.”
“It was at this point that I took reasonable steps to gain access to my property by commandeering a double decker bus and forcing the door open at high speed.”
PC Hardwood not guilty
Pc Harwood denied that his actions were excessive by insisting that the door had been causing problems earlier in the day.
“I was cleaning up my kitchen after I smashed up the sink following an incident involving a stubborn lid on a jar of marmalade.” he explained.
“There was a disturbance coming from the hallway that sounded like a knocking coming from the door.”
“The wife had forgotten her key, so I had to throw the television set through the living room window to let her in.”
After he was found not guilty of manslaughter, PC Harwood, 45, was also involved in an altercation with a bottle of champagne.
“The cork refused to come out,” he said
“So I burned down an off license.
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not written by Dave Spart in The Socialist Worker or something out of The Morning Star – this is the Daily Mail with Paul Dacre as editor …normally to the right of the EDL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2175957/G20-death-trial-PC-Simon-Harwood-guilty-manslaughter-Ian-Tomlinson.html#ixzz218yz8QQy
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on second thoughts too good to be true all this – in the Daily Sieg Heil Paul Dacre The Vagina Monologues editor
…a copper gets off in court with a record as long as your arm and bent Plod have protected him for years ….the private sector G4s are getting an almighty kicking …the Winsor ” reforms ” are all about privatization and Haliburtons , Kellilogs , G4s vultures waiting in the wings ……………..then there was that dehydration NHS story recently to get Lansley off the hook …oldest trick in the book negative stories done with BT , Royal Mail thieving posties with Hellmail , the Railways etc …. private = good , public = bad
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back to the 80’s ” Not the Nine o’clock News ” – Constable Savage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8EpfyCG2Y
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Brilliant. Not dated at all. So apt today.
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Given that this very strange person who goes under the pseudonym of “underterraingrunter” has a long history of supporting anti-police causes and gives support for terrorists and some very nasty organizations on his so-called u-tube channel, and hides his identity; believe nothing he says and understand that he is a ‘Trojan Horse’ type – think there is an e-mail term for such people. Reading his comments about me, a person he has never met but claims I have spoken to him, leads me to believe that he is basically insane. I suspect his brain is drug-damaged.
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