We’re not far behind, here in the U.S.:
Shocking moment a New Jersey cop punches a bikini-clad girl in the head during an arrest on Memorial Day weekend
No way would I live in NJ.
But I don’t automatically accept the stuff written in The Daily Mail.
I suspect that there is more to this than was in the article.
It is possible the police were just jerks. But I would not speculate on that from here. Let alone from England.