Good. Insane to do such a thing.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dgzs4IQieo[/video]

excellent news. these short sharp shock tactics have proven really effective in the past.

No student fees for him then?

Is he actually a student or one of the ‘anarchists’? Mental thing to do either way.

“How much for the cops who cracks skulls, or drag cripples from wheelchairs?”

Hopefully the reassurance that people may not be as tempted to throw fire extinguishers on there heads for doing a job they get paid to do.

Ohh that’s close.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIM_zOHTCnk[/video]

student. and apparently a quiet and well behaved one

Good.

Police who go too far should also be punished appropriately.

Agreed.

I wonder what punishment a plod would get for throwing a fire extinguisher into a crowd like that?

It’s the quiet ones you have to watch.

In other words – nothing.
Well I don’t think you can assume that though really. Your example shows plod *perhaps* exceeding what is entirely lawful in pressure situations. This idiot deliberately threw something that would have killed someone had it hit them. Do you REALLY think that a plod would have got away with it?

In other words – nothing.

Cobblers.

How many plods have NOT got away with their violence? How many plods went to jail for the Ian Tomlinson killing, where the guy DID lose his life, not just maybe-if-he-happened-to-be-under-a-fire-extinguisher?

@DrJ

I admire you wading in with no real thought to the point of this thread, but I think you need to realise that most, well myself certainly, do not condone the actions of the police in their kettling + horse charging shenanigans. This however does not prevent me from seeing the actions of this individual as pretty stupid and dangerous.

Anyway….

– Guardian

I think I would rather go normal prison…..

I thi DrJ is just trolling! How many times has their been the “police officer thug” thread or the Ian Tomlinson thread. They are not remotely similar situations, so let’s just discuss the fire extinguisher thread. A minute of mindless muppetry has ruined his life, but the sentence is deserved, just image if that had hit someone ?

Yeah, but just imagine if a copper hit someone, and, like, they died?

Oh…

Yeah, let’s conveniently ignore the fact a man was unlawfully killed by a police officer, eh, constable Munque-Chick? 😕

And what about the young lad who suffered severe head injuries? Where’s the justice he deserves?

I’m not asking to ignore what happened to Tomlinson I’m just saying it’s been discussed how many times? I won’t comment on other situations as I’m only aware of what I’ve read in the press and I know (not saying they necessarily have in this case) they very often report drivel and certainly not the facts. None of us here know exactly what went on in any of those situations. except this muppet pleaded guilty.

I think the distinction is that their was irrefutable evidence that the person was directly responsible for the mindless act that really could have caused death, whereas other events outlined above, however distasteful, could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt to have deliberately inflicted mortal injuries.

But, do they let the student off because the plod got off?

Well said by Mastiles.

What a joke. Tomlinson DIED. Alfie whotsname ended up in hospital. When a cop wields a baton against someone’s head, he does something that can predictably cause death or very serious injury. I fail to see the distinction between what muppet did, and what they do ON A ROUTINE BASIS.

No – they punish all the guilty fairly.