Do any of the detractors here realise that the Officer who whacked Ms Fisher had actually been trained, using Home Office guidelines, to do exactly that.(not her specifically, I'm speaking in general terms).
And before you all shriek "I beg your pardon? How dare he assault a defenceless woman half his size? The big bully! How outrageous! Off with his head! Lock him up and throw away the key!"
Drivel, drivel, drivel, self righteous indignation, hand-wringing despair, peep-toed sandals being kicked into the air as the Guardian goes flying across your cosy, comfortable eco-friendly bunker in your back garden,......please allow me to continue:
This training has been Home Office approved for many, many years, no matter what shade of government has darkened the portals of 10 Downing Street,.......... oh, apart of course from those "politicians" supported by those referred to in my previous paragraph.
It matters not if the "victim" is 5' and female, or 7' and built like the proverbial brick convenience, the training is "aimed" (is that word inappropriate?) at any who choose to have themselves lawfully dealt with.