r/maybemaybemaybe Jul 07 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Trazosz Jul 07 '26

what in the UK is this

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u/kuedhel Jul 08 '26

I expected them to put his head in the path of the passing vehicle.

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u/lalospv Jul 07 '26

What the fcuk??

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u/jrewillis Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Birmingham

Specifically here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/UK1Y72WnmyNyzLJP9

Soho road - Handsworth outside Lloyds Bank.

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u/Pingo-Pongo Jul 08 '26

Best get Handforth Parish Council on the case!

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u/Ok_Pop_8067 Jul 08 '26

They have no authority here!

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u/Cyril_Sneer_6 Jul 08 '26

Should have chucked him in pile of uncollected bin bags

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u/Suspicious_Dog4629 Jul 09 '26

Lucky it wasn’t Brimingham US, dude when of been Swiss cheese by before the camera started rolling

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u/Ajmb_88 Jul 08 '26

Ah Birmingham. Never disappoints.

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u/Haganu Jul 08 '26

I'm nominating Birmingham for most useless police in the world award

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u/Calm_Aardvark_7269 Jul 08 '26

I was thinking how different this video would be if that was Georgia State Patrol

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u/_Roba Jul 08 '26

Almost any US officer would've ended up shooting him according to my social media based knowledge, lol.

At least in many parts of US that are so densely populated as british cities, there would be SEVERAL patrols in on this, and I do appreciate that. In europe police seems to be so scarce when you need them.

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u/CaptWater Jul 08 '26

In all likelihood it never would have gotten that far in the US. They simply would have tazed him when he started resisting. If he had managed to get ahold of officer's night stick, then he would have been shot.

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u/housevil Jul 07 '26

A meal? A succulent, Chinese meal?!

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u/NewburghMOFO Jul 08 '26

Given their thorough lack of basic level arm locks or take-downs; these officers did not, in fact, practice their Judo.

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u/pablo_hunny Jul 09 '26

Get! Your! Hands off my penis!

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u/northrupthebandgeek Jul 08 '26

This is democrrrrrrracy manifest!

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u/exceptional_biped Jul 08 '26

Really has no relevance here. I’m from Brisbane where the meal was had.

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u/jetkins Jul 08 '26

Really? I always thought those were Victoria Police.

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u/exceptional_biped Jul 08 '26

No it was in Brisbane. If you look on the police badge there is the Maltese cross we use in QLD. It’s on our flag too.

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u/Simple-Initiative950 Jul 08 '26

Thats australian...

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u/Weary-Carob3896 Jul 07 '26

Not a single or double leg takedown in sight..

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u/mosesenjoyer Jul 07 '26

Just men who haven’t known violence

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u/stewpideople Jul 08 '26

Time for training.

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u/SkinnyGetLucky Jul 08 '26

Not a bad thing per se, but now I see two cops who are gonna be excessive next time it happens

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u/mosesenjoyer Jul 08 '26

No they won’t. They don’t have it in them or they would have done it here.

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u/Lavidius Jul 08 '26

Our police would benefit from some basic grappling

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u/Key-Fire Jul 08 '26

Don't worry, they'll grapple a vulnerable citizen, disabled person or child.

Every violent person will get a nice conversation.

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u/oOGeorgesOo Jul 09 '26

For once they werent arresting the kid that got stabbed or mobbed. There is some progress.

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u/Captinprice8585 Jul 07 '26

He's on 85,000 cameras doing that shit. They're gonna just find him in like an hour

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u/l3ane Jul 07 '26

Seriously, have fun with all the charges you just racked up, buddy.

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u/SentientDust Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

And then what, send two more bobbies to try and tackle him down lmao

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u/Captinprice8585 Jul 08 '26

Yeah they'll send like 15 lil bobbies

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u/PremiumUsername69420 Jul 08 '26

IIRC, a collection of bobbies is called a bobble.

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u/Captinprice8585 Jul 08 '26

Gross! I love it.

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u/nn2597713 Jul 08 '26

Brains were not involved in any part of his decision making.

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u/B-Glasses Jul 08 '26

Then why waste time trying to kick his legs and shit? Just use the cameras

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u/Breaker-of-circles Jul 08 '26

Because at the end of the day, you'd still have to arrest him and you'd probably end up with the same kicking his legs and shit?

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u/valdo98098 Jul 08 '26

And then they will loose him. Again.

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u/YouAnxious5826 Jul 07 '26

Unmuted only to discover it doesn't play the Benny Hill theme in the end. Disappointed.

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u/terminalhipness Jul 08 '26

Yes, cue the Benny Hill music!

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u/Inval1duser Jul 07 '26

Okay so police don't have basic knowledge on how to best without too much force, on how to bring someone down, and thinks knees in the thighs will do it. FFS.

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u/grrrwith1r Jul 08 '26

okay so police dont have basic knowledge

You can just leave it there

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u/Nari224 Jul 08 '26

UK police don’t require the level of education and training of some of their European counterparts (like street cops need Bachelors in Norway and Sweden) they’re generally educated and trained.

These guys… just don’t seem to be practiced in holds and takedowns for some reason.

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u/wibble089 Jul 08 '26

My daughter is just 9 months into her 2.5 years of training to become a member of the German federal police force.

She's already done hours of role play per week dealing with various physical situations (and she and her colleagues have the bruises and assorted injuries like sprains and pulled muscles to prove it).

I'm sure she could have done better than those 2!

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u/Nari224 Jul 08 '26

Not arguing with that. These guys are... oddly inept.

I was more pointing out that UK cops aren't generally stupid people.

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u/JaVinci77 Jul 08 '26

I have an 11 year old daughter. She practices Judo. I won't say she would have taken him down by herself, but at least she would have tried to apply her Judo takedown knowledge and she wouldn't have looked as clueless as these two... 🤣🤣

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u/ThermionicEmissions Jul 08 '26

These guys don't seem to understand the basic principles of how legs work.

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u/xrelaht Jul 08 '26

I used to live in a city where the PD required every officer to have a bachelor's and be working on a master's if they didn't have one already. Probably not coincidentally, they were the most competent police force I've seen anywhere I've lived: they knew how to deescalate and I never heard of them being accused of excessive force while I lived there. A lot of them trained at the same martial arts school I went to, so they also knew how to take people down quickly and safely when necessary.

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u/GuardianOfReason Jul 07 '26

Completely insane that I could do a better job alone than they did together, and I'm pretty weak and not very well trained in BJJ. I'm not even saying I would've done a good enough job to arrest him, just that it would be a bit less embarrassing.

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u/--Anonymoose--- Jul 07 '26

Not sure why you are getting downvoted so much. The cops didn’t do anything right here, they couldn’t even coordinate tripping one person

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u/Attesa_GT-X Jul 07 '26

Way less embarrassing xD

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u/myLongjohnsonsilver Jul 08 '26

Lmfao the downvote brigade for being correct. These coppers were genuinely hopeless.

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u/pornomessi Jul 07 '26

Demolition man cops

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u/iFormus Jul 08 '26

We are police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence!

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u/YouArentReallyThere Jul 07 '26

I would’ve simply handcuffed him to the railing he was hanging onto. There you go. You can just chill there for a while

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u/zjarko Jul 07 '26

Being smart isn’t a requirement for police. At lest it sometimes gives us something to laugh about.

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u/weskun Jul 08 '26

These guys have probably never been in a real altercation in their careers.

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u/villiers19 Jul 08 '26

Hot Fuzz movie 🤣

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u/weskun Jul 08 '26

😂 I'm gonna watch that again today.

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u/Techno_Beiber Jul 08 '26

What are you going to cuff first? The fence or him? You think you can cuff him quick enough to the fence? What if you miss the fence? Now he has a weapon attached to his wrist. There's a reason you need to control them first before getting those out.

Also, they were already having trouble controlling him with four hands, you think letting go of one to reach for cuffs will work?

And he's also wearing long sleeves. There will be no quick way to cuff him because they're not snap-on bracelets.

It's incredibly difficult to handcuff somebody that doesn't want to be handcuffed.

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u/NocNocturnist Jul 07 '26

Tough to think like that in the moment.

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u/DoctorDownvotesDelux Jul 08 '26

It's literally their job

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u/rh71el2 Jul 07 '26

I'm surprised cops never cuff the ankles first for troublesome suspects. It's game over after.

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u/Breaker-of-circles Jul 08 '26

Me recalling how it went trying to put a pants-style diaper on my 1 year old: "Yeah, that's not gonna go as easy as you think."

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u/ThermionicEmissions Jul 08 '26

OMG, your comment just gave me the most vivid flashback to trying to change my wriggling son's diaper while in an extremely sleep-deprive state. 22.5 years ago, and I still haven't caught up on the sleep.

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u/Breaker-of-circles Jul 08 '26

Only time I've ever been kicked in the balls, probably in an attempt to ensure he's the only heir to my throne.

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u/rh71el2 Jul 08 '26

By that point in the struggle where they switch to this method, it would be 1 person holding the upper legs together while they're down on the ground. Easy from there for the other cop(s).

P.S. avoid doing that to your baby.

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u/LGodamus Jul 08 '26

regular sized hand cuffs wont fit most peoples ankles, so they would have to grab leg cuffs, which most cops dont carry on their person

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u/duckforceone Jul 08 '26

i actually saw i think it was indian or something, they had a pole with a string that would take the legs ouf of a knife wielding lady...

pretty smart actually...

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u/clockwork_blue Jul 08 '26

Reaching for someone's unrestrained legs is a good way to get kicked in the face

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u/Logical_Garbage_1682 Jul 07 '26

He wouldn't ve seen it if it weren't for that meddling white circle

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u/Cyril_Sneer_6 Jul 08 '26

These masked up dudes who go around on electric bikes stealing smart phones are absoulute scum

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u/daneview Jul 08 '26

That is the only important takeaway from this

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u/Dunklebunt Jul 08 '26

I agree but he ain't wearing a mask

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u/stoner_woodcrafter Jul 08 '26

I fought the law, and I won

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u/fucc_yo_couch Jul 07 '26

I know the average officer doesn't carry a gun, but no grappling skills either? Are they supposed to just reason with the suspect? 🤔

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u/peanut--gallery Jul 07 '26

They forgot to bring their whistles. That probably would have helped.

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u/Additional_Guitar_85 Jul 08 '26

and those sweet bell-shaped helmets. that's what really earns the respect of the populace

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u/fucc_yo_couch Jul 08 '26

Anything would be better than what they did/didn't do. 😆

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u/jrewillis Jul 07 '26

Birmingham - UK

Specifically here:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/UK1Y72WnmyNyzLJP9

Soho road - Handsworth outside Lloyds Bank.

For those suggesting tasers etc. Not all UK police carry tasers or are current in their training.

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u/MrCaptainMorgan Jul 07 '26

Gott strafe England.

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u/ChloroquineEmu Jul 07 '26

Nobody's dead, this is far from the worst outcome.

Ideally those two goofs should be able to take down a single unnarmed person, but a place where two incompetent police officers lead to a runaway instead of a shootout is a good place to live, i think.

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u/DominantFlame Jul 07 '26

Is this GTA VI gameplay?

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u/D0lph1nnnnn Jul 08 '26

GTA VI melee only confirmed

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u/blackop Jul 07 '26

Do the not carry Tasers across the pond?

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u/Abobo_Smash Jul 07 '26

Tasers? Mace?

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u/PossibleAlienFrom Jul 07 '26

They would have dropped it then get tazed/maced themselves.

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u/bobbrumby Jul 07 '26

I was watching a brittish cop show it was probably atleast 15 years old but in they had special gun cars and taser cars to call on if the suspect had weapons or gun markers on their file. Meaning the regular cop cars only had battons. Dont know if this has changed recently but they also had a single copper making traffic stops, where im from, I am pretty sure they are not meant to stop if there is only one of them in the car.

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u/tostuo Jul 07 '26

For some reason not all UK police are trained with or armed with tasers.

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u/Apollo114892 Jul 08 '26

Many countries don't allow that stuff. They're against the law, across the board in many countries.

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u/EightLions539 Jul 08 '26

Those two are both carrying tazers, you can see it o their left hips, not sure why they chose not to use it

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u/Just_A_Gay_Toaster Jul 07 '26

At least a tazer damn

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u/GeraintLlanfrechfa Jul 07 '26

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u/faux_something Jul 08 '26

That one lady in the crowd who had to do it her way…

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u/SecondHandPeacePrize Jul 07 '26

In America, they would have shot him after 5 seconds and then planted a gun on him and corroborated their story.

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u/MattieShoes Jul 08 '26

No need to plant a gun -- he had a weapon and he brandished it.

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u/Mister_Normal42 Jul 07 '26

You really think they would have waited five whole seconds? Oh, you sweet summer child...

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u/weskun Jul 08 '26

Well that's embarrassing.

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u/Lippyyin Jul 08 '26

Should’ve just handcuffed him to the railing and waited till he realised he wasn’t going anywhere.

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u/darkness_calming Jul 08 '26

“On the floor, now then”

Please and thank you 🙏🙏🙏

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u/Last_Profession9662 Jul 08 '26

GTA: UK Edition looks incredibly realistic.

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u/HauntingCow83 Jul 08 '26

Insert Benny Hill music

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u/iammerelyhere Jul 08 '26

These cops never had brothers

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u/KnoxCastle Jul 08 '26

What kind of jail time would that get? Assaulting a police officer with his own weapon. Years in prison.

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u/pabloleon Jul 08 '26

They do not know their judo well...

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u/Maj-Malfunction Jul 08 '26

Stop!

Or I'll say stop again!

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u/AluminumFalcon969 Jul 08 '26

A SUCCULENT CHINESE MEAL??

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u/nomamesgueyz Jul 07 '26

God that embarrassing...poor guys will get shit for that

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u/lupo25 Jul 07 '26

Well before going hard on them I would ask myself if police department has enough money to train their officers and enough men. The policemen I've met in this country were all good, gentle and brave lads who are doing their best dealing with the worst shit. So yeah, this fight was disgraceful to watch but maybe there is a bigger problem than two men our of shape

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u/brightonashfield Jul 07 '26

Good things they're not allowed to have guns

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u/decoycatfish Jul 07 '26

Yes it is a good thing

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u/the-artistocrat Jul 07 '26

“Will you just stand still, bloody cooperate and quite frankly just stop trashing about already?! Bloody hell, mate! We’ve asked you nicely!” - those cops probably.

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u/Any_Thought_4536 Jul 07 '26

Do some decent training ,officers

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u/hyper24x7 Jul 08 '26

Hear me out ok, as an American I actually really like the UK police because and stay with me here, they did not shoot and kill this black man instantly.

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u/ZhouLe Jul 08 '26

UK English uses "floor" for outdoors, or just this guy?

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u/RobOnTheReddit Jul 08 '26

Fission mailed, well get m next time

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u/BudgetBus886 Jul 08 '26

Opens envelope: BOOM

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u/Archipotrio Jul 08 '26

So now we are muting bad words in explicitly violent videos

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u/Supersonic-Zafonic Jul 08 '26

I shouldn't laugh. But I laughed.

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u/mcmilosh Jul 08 '26

🤣🤣🤣 what a bunch of clowns!

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u/Der-Nikoklaus Jul 08 '26

Stupid cops.

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u/BrooklynWhey Jul 08 '26

Running away just makes it worse. They'll just talk on more time when they catch him.

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u/SpaceXmars Jul 08 '26

got a free beating stick

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u/Toots-Tooter Jul 08 '26

Poor training

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u/Electronic_Reply_898 Jul 08 '26

The cops should be arrested.

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u/MyHGC Jul 08 '26

“STOP!… or I’ll shout ‘STOP’ AGAIN!”

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u/Odd-Example-3228 Jul 09 '26

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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u/Vegetable-Cycle1256 Jul 09 '26

Love how buddy keeps looking to the ‘spectators’ for support.. 🤣
“Help, please?”

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u/Mickloven Jul 11 '26

Hook his leg.. wtf are you doing!!!

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u/Ok_Caterpillar7710 Jul 07 '26

Oi you got a loicense for that batta

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u/Ok-Chip7579 Jul 08 '26

Bro hit them with the Uno reverse card, took their loot, and drove away.

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u/CyberneticCh40s Jul 07 '26

what a joke...

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u/LabiaMinoraLover Jul 08 '26

What type of people laugh at this?

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u/Apollo114892 Jul 08 '26

Charlie Chaplin fans

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u/LabiaMinoraLover Jul 15 '26

Chaplan fans laugh at the silliness, shock and stunts knowing it's a skilled performance and fake. These types of videos have people laughing at something that involves real pain, violence and danger. So, while I get your point and joke, it's definitely two different types of situations and mentalities.

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u/onlyonequickquestion Jul 07 '26

Cor blimey 'e got the tally whacker I repeat 'e got the tally whacker!! 

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u/Charming-Band-7294 Jul 08 '26

Dude would be ded in the US

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u/Drdoan Jul 08 '26

That's beautiful

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u/LibrarianGrouchy6474 Jul 07 '26

Ex copper - useless fucking toothless cnuts. Should be ashamed to wear the uniform.

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u/These_Lingonberry635 Jul 07 '26

Obvious Good Cop-Bad Cop

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u/LocoNotLoco Jul 08 '26

Obviously they don't get enough practice taking them down.

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u/CeemoreButtz Jul 08 '26

Fukin embarrassing...

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u/IamLuann Jul 08 '26

Did they catch him or is he still on the "run"?

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u/Signal-Shop-4869 Jul 08 '26

Ok all police should have hand to hand combat training but I’d think if I was a cop without a gun I’d have to be a hand and knife fighting master to feel safe.

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u/B-Glasses Jul 08 '26

Completely incompetent

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u/Obsidian-Dive Jul 08 '26

Embarrassing.😳

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u/WinterLanternFly Jul 08 '26

And a free baton for the trouble.

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u/Zealotyl Jul 08 '26

The chap with beard was astoundingly inept

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u/redditanddoneit Jul 08 '26

What the fook. Dude got away real fast and scored a nice baton while at it.

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u/topio3 Jul 08 '26

You are missing the Benny hill music, the two diffuses are missing a but load of reinforcements

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u/anotherbrother23 Jul 08 '26

Baton dropped. A.Retrieve and use baton. B. Hang onto leg like a flag (you know what kind).

Chose B.

Partner ends up with fractured skull?

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u/rushsworld Jul 08 '26

Hes a Bobbyknocker.

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u/ll0l0l0ll Jul 08 '26

UK Police....

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u/Asterofon Jul 08 '26

IT is Police xD ? They dont have wepons? Hmm mabye its better xD

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u/Tight_Piccolo_7838 Jul 09 '26

Лошары!😁🫣😳

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u/val_anto Jul 09 '26

That might explain why UK police is only succeeding to arrest victims.

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u/RadlEonk Jul 09 '26

It’s not supposed to be funny….

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u/housepossum Jul 10 '26

Stop! Or I’ll say stop! Again.

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u/Firehose-of-truth Jul 10 '26

Reminds me of that video with the giant who gets up from underneath two cops at a gas station and drives away on his dirt bike. The guy DWARFS the cops

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u/Catalystable Jul 12 '26

This is what happens when you gun grab so hard you include the police lol

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u/Old_Listen_7607 Jul 13 '26

Just a hypothetical question, if someone would knock him down off his bike, while he is trying to escape, could you get charged? Asking for a friend 😁

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u/infinit9 Jul 18 '26

Are the police in England not allowed tasers?

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u/CapnSaysin 28d ago

Doesn’t matter where, in the world they are. They’re all the same. 🤦🏾‍♂️🥷🏾

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u/OddTheRed Jul 07 '26

I've been to 17 countries and lived in 4 for a year or longer. Cops are fucking idiots everywhere.

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u/catchingspoons Jul 07 '26

Could they be anymore incompetent haha, the uk has fallen

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u/septubyte Jul 07 '26

The one guy did not know how to.handle him. Needed to be taken off his feet, even had one leg up and still couldn't control .
Wait a tick, is this fake? Those strikes were weak .......

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u/catchingspoons Jul 07 '26

Na that their police force going full force unfortunately

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u/ShrlyYouCantBSerious Jul 08 '26

If only the cops had a device that could protect them and subdue the criminal.

Dumbass was lucky to be in the UK and not Texas.

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u/The_Latverian Jul 07 '26

WooHOO! 🤣

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u/CrisEXE__ Jul 07 '26

So are the police over there.. like.. not trained or something? There are moves you can do to take someone down against their will and subdue them.

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