I watched multiple times last night before posting my thoughts to try and understand what happened in the build up to the earlier footage. At no point does it look like the officer in question may have justifiably had ‘a little bit of fear for’ his ‘life,’. My opinion regarding Andy Burnham’s immediate comments haven’t changed either. He should have said policing like that is unacceptable regardless of the context. Now we need to find out what happened before it to see who else is culpable here and charge them if they need charging.
