Hi Camilla, I think you should report it to a police station, try asking for the station manager or someone in charge. I doubt very much that they condone police violence. If they do, then go to the media, preferably foreign. This board doesn't seem to be of much help, judging by reply from Johnny Wessels. Melanie
On Dec 1, 12:40 pm, Camilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have witnessed two incidents where police used what appeared to be > unseemly force, in both instances *after* successfully making arrests. > Both were outside my house in Woodstock, in the early hours of the > morning. In the first, a handcuffed perp on his knees was being > repeatedly sprayed in the face with pepper spray. He was a drunk/high > driver who had been trying to evade arrest and came to a stop by > crashing into a neighbour's car. In the second, a guy had apparently > been caught breaking into a car. He was struck repeatedly before being > loaded into the van. He was crying out but at the time I didn't take > it too seriously, until I saw a pool of his blood on the street in the > morning. I also took the view that I had walked in halfway through the > incident and didn't know what had led to it. But it still made me very > uneasy. I did consider approaching the ICD on both occasions. I'm not > sure what we should do in those instances? I was thrilled to see the > police officers succeed in making arrests and taking dangerous people > off the street, but I felt and still feel uneasy standing by while > subdued villains get assaulted. Any advice or views? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
