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Police Dog Savages Bystander

Pinkolady | 10.08.2011 02:53 | August Riots | Policing

BBC Radio Manchester phone in: a guy called Steven has phoned in to describe how a police officer set his dog on him and let it maul his leg so badly that he he needs surgery.

Steven was phoning from Manchester Royal Infirmary. He described how he was talking to a news camera team in Manchester when the police asked them, politely, to move away. They started moving promptly, then another police officer yelled at them to move, and came up and set his dog on him. It chewed on his leg for 45 seconds, badly tearing the muscle, while the police officer stood grinning at him and ignoring his pleas to call the dog off. The camera crew helped him get to hospital.

It's not unexpected, but it looks like some of the fuzz are taking an opportunity to indulge in thuggery alongside the rioters.

Radio Manchester took the call live, so couldn't edit or censor it, but the presenter sounded uncomfortable at being told the police are capable of attacking people. He commented that "We've only got Stephen's word that this happened" and said they would "investigate it".

Pinkolady

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sounds about right

10.08.2011 05:09

the whole thing smacks of police taking opportunity to hold everyone else to ransom. they are going to be able to avoid cuts to retirement at fifty pension schemes and ability to slap people round for no reason. the whole thing is the political scheming of the metropolitan police. terrified accusations of phone hacking and gun dealing and generall scummbaggery catching up created this and let it run. watch everything clampdown.

robert peel

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Hpe it really hurts

10.08.2011 07:34

Well done to the police, more of this should sort this scum out

Maggie T was the greatest

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imc admins please sort it out

10.08.2011 07:53

can someone please start hiding these abusive rightwing comments that are cropping up more and more on articles? it really takes the fun out of reading good news pieces to have people spouting worthless vitriol underneath it.
imc-nl used to be very on it with hiding posts so i know it can be done. if there isn't the (wo)manpower to be checking every post then i would suggest a moderated newswire. also a lot of work but something needs to be done.

annoyed

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What do you expect

10.08.2011 08:24

What the hell do you expect if you throw brinks at the plod, or handg around a riot area.

Eddy

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World of Dogs

10.08.2011 08:26

They've gotta be taking the piss innit, nobody really likes Margaret Thatcher.

Do they? Speak now or forever hold your peace. And leave your address beneath the comment please.

As for this dog business, I hope they put down the copper not the dog.

L. Aorta

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