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The Policemen: Police Brutality

That Mitchell and Webb Look 2009 Season 3 Episode 1

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

A swaggering constable stews with hatred for the community support officer beside him until a boy on a bike gives him a chance to demonstrate what police brutality really is.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Two uniformed men patrol a quiet suburban street: a constable in a traditional custodian helmet and a community support officer in a peaked cap. The constable lets loose a stream of contempt for his colleague, then rounds on a schoolboy who has been riding his bike on the pavement. When the support officer tries to step in, the constable sneers at his lack of real powers and insists that anything he does is something else entirely, then shows how a proper officer handles a child. He delivers a pompous put-down of his colleague's official standing and sends the boy on his way before walking off.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

David Mitchell

Police Officer

Robert Webb

Community Support Officer

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

That's not police brutality. That's just community support brutality.

Something you would know nothing about in your official capacity as just some guy.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

Ben Gosling Fuller
Director
Director of Series 3, Episode 1.
David Mitchell
Writer
Written by Mitchell and Webb.
Robert Webb
Writer
Written by Mitchell and Webb.

ScriptEnglish · 7 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

00:01
Police Officer
Oh I fucking hate you I said I fucking hate you you stupid little bastard walking along next to a proper police officer community support look you can just flip him well oh yeah flipping you do well to choose your words carefully swearing at a real police officer is not a very good idea is it sunny boy now then
00:28
Community Support Officer
excuse me listen you shouldn't really be yeah hell do you think you're Well, he was riding his bike on the pavement. Sorry.
00:34
Police Officer
You stay out of this. Who told you you could grab his arm?
00:37
Community Support Officer
Well, I just thought...
00:38
Police Officer
What do you think that is? Police brutality?
00:40
Community Support Officer
I don't think I was being particularly...
00:41
Police Officer
That's not police brutality. That's just community support brutality. That's just normal brutality. Do you want to see some police brutality? That's police brutality. That's police brutality. Something you would know nothing about in your official capacity as just some guy. On your way.