About Acting Out
Acting out is a psychological term from the parlance of defense mechanisms and self-control, meaning to perform an action in contrast to bearing and managing the impulse to perform it.
Met Police: Up to 300 armed officers step back as Army on standby
... " What is obvious to me, they are not Acting Out of anger or petulance" the ex officer said...
Edinburgh Fringe: Can TikTok comedy stars cut it on stage?
... He puts his whole body into fully Acting Out his ridiculous characters, and earns extra laughs by being more blunt and risque than his co-stars...
Baldur's Gate 3: What it's like acting in a virtual fantasy world
... This included Jennifer and Devora s characters, and it meant Acting Out some potentially awkward love scenes...
Mark Ronson: BIllie Eilish's Barbie song 'just floored me'
... " And then when I first saw the film, with him actually Acting Out the song, I was like, Of course! Because he knew that, at some point, he d be Acting Out these lyrics, so he was already doing it in the studio...
Polarised politics are tearing Pakistan apart
... Government ministers, in turn, have accused Mr Khan of Acting Out of ego and narcissism...
PC who struck footballer Dalian Atkinson acted 'bravely'
... Criminal proceedings brought against the pair heard how Mr Atkinson had been Acting Out of character outside his father s house due to ongoing health issues when police attended...
Lisa Marie Presley: How she turned personal tragedy into hope
... In 2003, that following her father s death, her mother sent her to a series of private schools when " she began Acting Out and experimenting with drugs"...
César film awards ban nominees investigated for sexual violence
... The César Awards - due to be held next month - said it was Acting Out of respect for any possible victims...
PC who struck footballer Dalian Atkinson acted 'bravely'
A PC who repeatedly struck ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson with a baton on The Night he was killed by her colleague " showed bravery under extreme pressure" a disciplinary panel heard.
It emerged in a separate criminal trial that Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith had used The Weapon on Mr Atkinson in Telford in August 2016.
But having been acquitted of related charges, she faces a disciplinary hearing via West Mercia Police.
She denies Gross Misconduct .
Her legal team told The Inquiry she did " as she was trained to do" while the case against her maintained The Force she used was unreasonable.
PC Bettley-Smith could face immediate dismissal from The Police if The Panel rules against her in the hearing, brought at the recommendation of The Independent Office for Police Conduct.
Speaking at the opening of the disciplinary process, Patrick Gibbs KC, who is representing her, said: " She does not accept she misconducted herself grossly - or at all.
" She denies her conduct breached standards of professional behaviour, on a fair view of this sad but terrifying incident.
" Quite the contrary is true; she showed bravery under extreme pressure and was in no way responsible for the tragic outcome. "
He added Bettley-Smith " did her probationary best in unusually challenging circumstances to contain, control and detain Dalian Atkinson - a normally peaceful man, who, because he was in the grip of florid psychosis, presented That Night as a serious, immediate danger to his father, The Public , responding officers and himself".
Mr Atkinson - an Aston Villa striker in the 1990S - died after being tasered by PC Bettley-Smith's partner and colleague, Benjamin Monk, who was jailed for manslaughter in 2021.
Criminal proceedings brought against the pair heard how Mr Atkinson had been Acting Out of character outside his father's house due to ongoing health issues when police attended.
Mr Atkinson died in hospital about an hour after Monk tasered him and kicked him in The Head with enough force to leave imprints of his bootlaces.
PC Bettley-Smith, The Court case heard, struck Mr Atkinson Three Times with her baton while he was lying on the ground after The Final taser discharge.
She was acquitted of causing him actual Bodily Harm at retrial in September 2022.
At the disciplinary hearing on Monday, Dijen Basu KC, bringing the case against PC Bettley-Smith, said her actions " did not in any way contribute to the death of Mr Atkinson".
But he argued there was " Gross Misconduct being so serious it amounts to a breach of standards of professional behaviour so serious, that dismissal will be justified".
He added: " We say The Force she used was unreasonable. "
The hearing continues.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com