Al, come off it. Benefit of the doubt? The assault took place in full view of the CCTV cameras and was carried out on a suspect who complained of being seriously ill, and looked it. All the guy had done was to ask for a chair for God's sake.

I don't know what he did to be arrested, but I do know there are rules and procedures, and these are in no way negated by the fact that he was under arrest. What's more, these officers are sworn to uphold the law and yet they nearly wrenched the poor bloke's arm off.

On top of that, I was left with the feeling that the officers in the clip regarded this brutal treatment as a normal operational way of treating their suspects. Note the matter of fact tone when the interview re-started.

Megan. I agree. I refuse point blank to condemn every single police officer on the grounds of incidents such as this. But if you were a decent honest copper who habitually made a point of abiding by the rule book and treating suspects fairly, would you seriously want to work with this sort of scum?

And that's before we even begin to consider the 333 people who died in police custody in the first decade of this country, without a single charge being brought against a single police officer.