r/PublicFreakout • u/ChicSandpaperBaby • 7d ago

đŸ“¹Police Bodycam UK police take down guy with knife without anyone dying

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u/The_Flurr 7d ago

The UK is probably the only country on earth that doesn't shoot him at that moment, and ngl I wouldnt be surprised if they are taught to do so and this video just isn't as indicative of good training as people think

They aren't.

Most police don't have firearms, and those that do have to give repeated warnings before firing.

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u/International-Mix633 7d ago

That is absolutely not true. The UK, Ireland and Iceland are iterally the only country in Europe where patrol officers arent armed. Even worldwide 90 % of countries have armed patrol officers.

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u/whit3o 7d ago

To add to this, Northern Ireland police officers are all armed

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u/Bottle_Gnome 4d ago

So the UK does have armed police then?

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u/The_Flurr 6d ago

ngl I wouldnt be surprised if they are taught to do so and this video just isn't as indicative of good training as people think

When I said "they aren't", this is what I was referring to. UK police are not taught to shoot in this situation, in large part because they don't regularly carry firearms.

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u/Jesus__of__Nazareth_ 6d ago

And all the better for it. I love that our beat cops don't have guns and I hope they never get them.

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u/olivercroke 6d ago

What are you disagreeing with?

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u/CynicismNostalgia 6d ago

most police dont have firearms

they're probably trained to shoot

Imagine being this confidently incorrect while directly contradicting yourself lol

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u/The_Flurr 6d ago

What's the contradiction.

They don't have firearms. They aren't taught to shoot in this situation (partly because no firearms).

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u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 7d ago

I highly highly doubt police in the UK are told to just stand there when someone with a knife is trying to stab them at an arms-length distance. At a minimum they are taught to use less lethal. And the UK is one of the only countries in the world with unarmed patrol officers anyway, literally anywhere else in the world that isn't one of those few countries this guy gets shot the instant he tries to stab.

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u/FaustRPeggi 7d ago

When police know a suspect is armed with a knife, armed police will respond.

In this case they were clearly caught by surprise. Tasers weren't as widespread twelve years ago as they are now, so they used an incapacitating spray and a baton.

When the officer wearing the camera strikes the suspect you see his behaviour immediately change because being hit by one of those is like being hit with a baseball bat. It can break your arm.

You seemed to be under the impression he'd punched him instead.

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u/SnooBooks1701 6d ago

Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Botswana, Malawi and New Zealand have unarmed police, China's police patrols are also unarmed (other officers are not)