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    PC cleared for knocking man off bike

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    1. ImJustARunawaay on

      Great result, and a win for common sense policing.

      Once again, though, CPS have leapt at the chance to push an officer through the system and once again a Jury have quickly returned not guilty.

    2. malin7 on

      >“Today a jury has taken 20 minutes to come to a not guilty verdict and clear the name of retired Pc Tim Bradshaw.

      20 minutes lol, how rare is it for deliberation to be so straight forward

    3. SunDriedFart on

      This is great news! Shame the officer had to go through this when he was doing the country a favour.

      “The court heard that Mr McGarry had more than 40 convictions, including for robbery, theft and dangerous driving”

      Fuck that guy, the least he deserved was to be knocked off his bike. The country really needs to crack down on wankers like this.

    4. UnknownOrigins1 on

      That’s two cases from the CPS this week that have taken less than 20 minutes for the jury to chuck out. What a waste of time and money.

    5. Jack5970 on

      CPS and IOPC once again being shown that the majority of the public supports robust policing and doesn’t like the system bending over for scum bags.

      The terminally online crowd are so out of touch it’s unreal, but unfortunately they are the loudest voices and can be found in great supply here on Reddit, some of the greatest modern proof of how effective social media propaganda is.

    6. Slow_Apricot8670 on

      I deplore the idea that drivers can hit cyclists and not be prosecuted.

      And I don’t believe that police should be judge, jury and administers of punishment all in one.

      But…

      If you commit crimes, then you can reasonably expect the police to come after you. If you commit further crimes by seeking to evade capture, you place yourself and others at risk. Under such circumstances, the police are fully entitled to apply reasonable force to stop you. If you get injured jumping over a fence, being sat on, being chased by a dog or falling off a motor-bike, well that’s a risk you exposed yourself to and your injury is a consequence of your own actions.

      Such cases should not be clogging up our courts and adding pressure to the challenges of policing.

    7. Baslifico on

      > “This case demonstrates that police officers only have seconds to make decisions in order to uphold the law.

      What law would that be? Roadrage at a scrote flipping you the bird?

    8. waamoandy on

      20 minutes to come to a verdict. Wow I would have at least been tempted to hang around for a free lunch

    10. MCDCFC on

      Further evidence of the Judiciary being completely out of touch with the man in the street. Good on that Jury

    11. Douglesfield_ on

      Awesome, legal precedent set that should embolden other officers to take similar action.

    12. Felicitykendalshair on

      Should have reversed over the little fuckers, I’d wager 99% of the UK public would pat the police on the back if they did.

    14. MyRedundantOpinion on

      Two police officers were cleared in my hometown for hitting and killing a man in the middle of the night. They were driving through a housing estate (20/30mph limit) at 60mph with no lights on. It’s a fucking joke.

    16. benjaminjaminjaben on

      > Mr McGarry, who was 17 at the time, suffered a broken tibia and required surgery, and told the court that Bradshaw had not given any warning.
      > The court heard that Mr McGarry had more than 40 convictions, including for robbery, theft and dangerous driving.

      Forty convictions at the age of 17. That’s insane, its not arrests, its convictions.

    17. _a_m_s_m on

      “bike” but not much pedalling in the video, was it an unlicensed electric moped by any chance?