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Hi all,
Recently I was on an evening out in a local pub. To cut a long story short, after what has been described as a "scuffle", I was punched by a bouncer. I can't really remember what happened JUST before I was hit, but I remember everything afterwards and before the incident occurred.
Anyway, nose badly bleeding, I rung the police straight after. I was in a state of shock, hyperventilating, the caller on the phone was really nice. Before the police arrived, the two bouncers continued a discussion with me and my friends outside. I remember one of my friends being very angry because he'd seen I'd been punched but I was stopping him and asking him to calm down. At one point the bouncer grabs him by the neck and lifts him up before dropping him - clearly the bouncer's first port of call in most situations is to respond with violence instead of mediation. I remember his colleagues buzzing in and out of the pub whilst this was going on.
Anyway, the police arrived, one of them lovely, other in the van not so helpful. Bouncer laughing at me behind the shoulders. Two police go inside the pub with one of the bouncers, eventually come out and say "we've seen the CCTV, you threw the first punch, you better go...". So we left.
My questions are - is there a possibility the police/bouncers would've had a discussion inside the pub to fabricate me throwing the first punch? It is not in my nature and my response to being punched was as if it was out of nowhere. I'm just wondering if they wanted me off the scene and to close the case off.
If they saw me throw a punch, wouldn't that have given them grounds fo arrest me? I'm confused... surely they should act on this.
I am tempted to request CCTV footage to see the real truth, but as I'm sure you understand, I'm a touch nervous about opening anything up in case I was at fault. Can I request CCTV footage with no implications? I would just like to evaluate the situation.
Any help would be appreciated. In two minds whether to just chalk it up as a bad lesson, or try and really find out what happened. In an ideal world I would love to have a civil chat with the bouncer over a pint to see what happened but I understand that's an incredibly naive and unrealistic thought.
Thanks for your time.
Recently I was on an evening out in a local pub. To cut a long story short, after what has been described as a "scuffle", I was punched by a bouncer. I can't really remember what happened JUST before I was hit, but I remember everything afterwards and before the incident occurred.
Anyway, nose badly bleeding, I rung the police straight after. I was in a state of shock, hyperventilating, the caller on the phone was really nice. Before the police arrived, the two bouncers continued a discussion with me and my friends outside. I remember one of my friends being very angry because he'd seen I'd been punched but I was stopping him and asking him to calm down. At one point the bouncer grabs him by the neck and lifts him up before dropping him - clearly the bouncer's first port of call in most situations is to respond with violence instead of mediation. I remember his colleagues buzzing in and out of the pub whilst this was going on.
Anyway, the police arrived, one of them lovely, other in the van not so helpful. Bouncer laughing at me behind the shoulders. Two police go inside the pub with one of the bouncers, eventually come out and say "we've seen the CCTV, you threw the first punch, you better go...". So we left.
My questions are - is there a possibility the police/bouncers would've had a discussion inside the pub to fabricate me throwing the first punch? It is not in my nature and my response to being punched was as if it was out of nowhere. I'm just wondering if they wanted me off the scene and to close the case off.
If they saw me throw a punch, wouldn't that have given them grounds fo arrest me? I'm confused... surely they should act on this.
I am tempted to request CCTV footage to see the real truth, but as I'm sure you understand, I'm a touch nervous about opening anything up in case I was at fault. Can I request CCTV footage with no implications? I would just like to evaluate the situation.
Any help would be appreciated. In two minds whether to just chalk it up as a bad lesson, or try and really find out what happened. In an ideal world I would love to have a civil chat with the bouncer over a pint to see what happened but I understand that's an incredibly naive and unrealistic thought.
Thanks for your time.
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