"Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
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> "Elbow" <tokyoelbowNOSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:c53hkv$2o6q2h$1@ID-220360.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Apparently he was making a defensive gesture asking them to leave him a
> lone
> > as he wanted to get out of the station.  Thats when they grabbed him.
When
> > he tried to leave the platform they stopped him.
> > He even called his wife and she spoke to them on the phone.
> > Why did they try to move him instead of just call the police?
> >
> >
>
> Stories like these can be heard every week, and I have seen such incidents
a
> couple of times. Station personnel is also concerned that drunks fall of
the
> platform. After that it's all "he said vs. they said", especially when no
> witnesses are around anymore. He might be lying, he might have been too
> drunk to remember, the station employees might have been too forceful...
> The point is that he was drunk in the first place, and that caused the
> problem.
> We have seen killings in trains and platforms before when drunk passengers
> stabbed others who complained with knives and umbrellas.
> The "Don't touch me" is hard too believe (he was probably swearing at
them)
> is the usual reaction in these situations. Don't expect others to beg and
> mutter onegaishimasu and gomenasai!
> Remember your own brush with the police where you were 100% "guilty" since
> you have not done your homework before entering the country.
> These are facts which cannot be argued... unless you have the stamina to
> challenge the authorities.
> Your friend will now think twice before drinking too much again.
>
>
> Sigi

Thanks for your comments Sigi.
I know this guy very well, and he isnt a liar.
He totally admits he was in the wrong but he doesnt think it was all his
fault.
They could have easily gone about this an easier way.
All he wanted to do was leave the station.
What I want to know is.
 Are train staff insured against asault and injury?