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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/13733540

Dorset police instructor removed female trainees’ earrings with bolt cutters, hearing told

PC Martin Briggs’ alleged treatment on day of fitness test left one woman bleeding from her ears

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Mid5o

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

ikr. In martial arts training, if someone can't get jewelry off, we just wrap some medical tape over it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Exactly.

But going to another building, grabbing some bolt cutters, returning, having her place her head on a table, slicing into her ear getting the cutter through the stud, and doing all of this aggressively was just an "error of judgement."

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