Stamping video: What justifies police officers using force?

On this episode, Niall Paterson speaks to our north of England correspondent Shingi Mararike and to former officer and Sky News police commentator Graham Wettone about the latest challenge facing Greater Manchester Police.

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[Jase]

Why is skynews more concerned about a Muslim guy who was being aggressive towards a officer. But not about a soldier who was stabbed outside a military camp in Britian?

This clearly shows the broadcasters' disgusting views.

[satch]

We're still not hearing the full story.
This country does my head in

[julianshepherd]

Police do not seem to have realised that
Little Brother Is Watching

[AffectionateForestHills-qvom]

All people are equal, so in our society we need more justice. Recently, the US & UK did the same thing, so where is the safety!?

[danw]

I do what I'm told by the police and never been assaulted by them. Same for all my mates.
Could this information mean something?

[IcedEvolution]

What should be trained force and just sheer aggression are two entirely different things

[realdjoffski]

Stamping on a guys head, this guy is defending it? What a disgrace.

[whatever]

So is the commentator saying that because he was being filmed he felt the need to kick and stamp the victim's head while he was restrained and rendered helpless????

[petemarchetto]

There was nothing in that kick and that stamp that comes under the heading of 'reasonable force'. My joke - don't kick a man 'til he's down - isn't something I'd recommend the police adopt as policy, and that officer needs to be in court. As do the men they were up against, obviously. It's not a competition, no one comes out of this looking good and it's tiresome in any situation when people insist on finding 'the good guys' when everyone's behaving abominably, but the police absolutely should come out of these situations looking good. For sure the officer who committed the assault had been tried beyond breaking point, but that's something to be put forward in his defence in, as I said, court.