Luan Pra bang

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18756050

A commoner got too close to what appears to be a fat corporate bigwig and has to be punished.

Leslie

Maybe they are worried about attacks on the torchbearer by people who don't seem to support the Olympics!

Les

Dirk Diggler 75

From the footage the officer was way over the top imo ........

Hanley

I agree, while he shouldn't have entered the area the guy was way over the top in removing him.

Terminator X

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OTT albeit that is why those guys are running with the torch bearer of course!

TX.

Luan Pra bang

If social unrest is such a problem then perhaps all the money and energy ploughed into the Olympics should have been spent on something more important than letting the corporate elite find other ways to demonstrate their superiority over everyone else.

GlesgaKiss

That's absolutely ridiculous IF it was just as it appeared. As you say, fat, rich publicity ****** getting preferential treatment. There's nothing worse. It's actually bordering on embarrassing the way this is being done and hyped. Look at the uniforms of the 'staff', the kit the torch bearer wears and the massive OTT convoy vehicles.

Alg

If it was about stopping attacks on the torchbearer then the no-go zone would be extended. It's just to keep the commoners in their place and stop them breaking the rules.
Needed more common sense and less Sheriff John Bunnell.

CrisPDuk

The 'Torch Security Team' seem to be doing a fantastic job of reinforcing the public's perception of the Met as a government financed gang of thugs and bullies

tony de wonderful

It's so stage-managed.

alcazar

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It's what we expect in Blair's, Brown's and now Cam-moron's Britain, unfortunately.

boxst

That was slightly over the top, but I don't know how you could have removed the bike from the 'no-go' zone? He was peddling alongside and potentially towards the torch?

CrisPDuk

So?

...seamus...

"commoner" vs "big-wig"!!??!!!???!!??

seriously fella you have a MASSIVE chip on your shoulder

as for man-handling the kid on the bike, good effort, he shouldnt have started heading further towards the torch bearer - especially as there are SERIOUS concerns about terrorism affecting the Olympics

Had he got nearer and then detonated you would all be saying "how did they let someone get so close, they can't manage terrorism in the UK blah, blah, blah"

DYK

Now that's a way to turn a friendly crowd into a hostile one,Wayyy over the top that was.Events such as this with gathering crowds,some may get a bit too close from time to time..

Load of B0ll0cks

Chip

Yep, so what if he was, it was just a kid on a bike.

SJ_Skyline

NSR taking the side of the cyclist? Now there's a first!

...seamus...

You're part of a security team designed to keep the torch bearer safe. You have strict instructions and are trained to prevent anyone, yes, anyone from entering the "security bubble". You glance over your shoulder and see someone frantically pedalling alongside the coach. The bicyclist then changes angle slightly and heads into the bubble. Do you have time to judge how old the cyclist is. Do you have time to assess the threat and make a decision based on anything? No, you don't. So you do what you've been trained to do and that's prevent the intruder getting any nearer. Could you stop in that instant and say to the kid "Now, now, sonny, you're getting a bit close. Would you mind backing off a bit?" I doubt it given the situation!

If you can't see it any other way than that then you're hugely blinkered to the problems of terrorism, crowd control and the fear that terrorists will potentially use something as public as the Olympics to try to make a statement and gain publicity.

You do realise that the whole country is currently at the security level of "SUBSTANTIAL" - meaning that there is a substantial chance of a terrorist attack?

tony de wonderful

Why would the torch bearer be in any more jeopardy than you or me in the street?

...seamus...

Because you're not a potential terrorist target!

Seriously mate are you having a laugh? Do you understand how terrorism works?

"Hey Ahmed?"

"What?"

"Shall we blow up the Olympic torch bearer or Tony de Wonderful??"

"Hmmm, good question, Ahmed, but I think we should target Tony to get maximum publicity as more people are likely to be watching him, dumbass!"

FFS

Ian

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and why didnt he just push him to the side that he was, than bring him into the middle and out the other side again?

...seamus...

because he's reacting to situation - the kid is also travelling in that direction and the security guard is running in that direction too so there's an element of inertia

the guards first priority is to try to neutralise any threat - not carefully place someone on the floor in case they harm them or remove them from the bubble in a particular direction

alcazar

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Seamus, you HAVE to be a copper.....

tubbytommy

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has anyone missed how funny it was.

gpssti4

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Edited for accuracy.

scooby0809

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Seamus talks sense, fed up with namby pamby brigade moaning, you no the rules he broke them and got dealt with end of, next

DYK

Would of been more cleaner/quicker to of pushed the lad back to the side he approached from,rather than doing a Jonny Wilkinson,and then swinging the lad across the width of the road,and falling over in front of a vehicle in the process..

This was a much better way.


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/lo...0077#embed9889

hodgy0_2

But not everyone does no the rules

RobsyUK

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looking at it several times it looks like the biker would have kept to that side... he steers towards the flame - as if he looses balance, corrects him self and then a pig takes him down..

ALi-B

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Kid got owned.....

He had no helmet nor reflectors, so was taken down!

Can't belive the BMW didn't stop until it had almost ran over the bike.