Not Much Sympathy For The Little Fella

[Spicerack]

in the letters.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10064494/commuter-headbutts-passenger-seat-london-train/

[retrocop]

An off duty policeman , such a big hero. //I didn’t know Hendon taught head butting ? //

That does not surprise me. I suspect your knowledge of defence and disablement is very limited if not zilch.

[THECORBYLOON]

What acceptable reasons could he or any other member of the public have given for the headbutt?

[Spicerack]

Always the same heroes on here 'I wouldn't restrain someone like that' 'violence is never the answer'.
Their answer would be to do nothing, and as Retro said, wait for someone else to do the 'dirty work'.

[retrocop]

I wasn't there and neither were you. The officer would explain himself to the correct authority and they can see the video for themselves. The whole world can see the video clip but we are not privee to events we didn't see or hear before the altercation.
Did you show concern about the BTP copper who used his asp on a lunatic at Borough Market.?.

[THECORBYLOON]

How much force is reasonable?

[retrocop]

TCL

A Met Police spokesperson said: ‘We are aware of social media footage showing an off-duty Met officer on a mainline train on the afternoon of Thursday, 3 October. The footage on social media is a limited capture of the incident, which is believed to have lasted in excess of 20 minutes.

An update on this event. The bearded man was previously, on the train,threatening violence to passengers. That was communicated one assumes by passengers to BTP.
As I mentioned before. We only see a short clip but not the whole 20 minutes.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/04/police-officer-revealed-man-headbutted-commuter-packed-train-10864857/

[THECORBYLOON]

Given that the man was held by the wrists and couldn't back away in a confined space, I am struggling to understand why someone with training and a height advantage could not have forced him to the ground.

I am not doubting the seriousness of the situation and am not stirring things, I am genuinely trying to understand why it is acceptable.