more details on the shooting in London

**_Martyr_** · 07-23-2005, 19:24

Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

Right call my ass. Someone is now dead because the cops had itchy trigger fingers. What about his family? Maybe there's a reason your cops shouldn't have guns.

Dont talk nonsense! The guy is dead because of how he responded to orders from armed police officers to stop. He bolted into a train station, jumped a barrier and was running towards a crowded train. How should the police have responded?

**Azi Tohak** · 07-23-2005, 20:08

Maybe...just maybe he did not know what Stop means?

Like that is an excuse.

At any rate, the police had no choice. Sorry Gelatinous Cube, but if you run from police right now anywhere...someone is going to make the call.

The lesson is: Don't Run From Police

Azi

**scooter_the_shooter** · 07-23-2005, 20:10

Well it did say some of them were in plain clothes maybe he thought they were gangsters.

Any way if they were in uniform that guy made bad choice and paid for it.

**Shahed** · 07-23-2005, 20:48

The man had nothing to do with the bombing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4711021.stm

"We are now satisfied that he was not connected with the incidents of Thursday 21st July 2005.

"For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets."

**sharrukin** · 07-23-2005, 21:17

Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

Until it is confirmed that he was wearing some kind of bomb, this is Police brutality by my book.

Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube

Right call my ass. Someone is now dead because the cops had itchy trigger fingers. What about his family? Maybe there's a reason your cops shouldn't have guns.

And if the next time they simply followed him into the subway letting a suicide bomber detonate a bomb inside killing 37 people? Would you be telling them what idiots they are for not taking action? Or would you be telling them what a great job they are doing?

**BDC** · 07-23-2005, 21:24

Well it's always tricky, if he had been a bomber and they hadn't stopped him...

On the other hand they were sitting on him, they couldn't have been too sure he had a bomb on him.

**ShadesPanther** · 07-23-2005, 22:06

Originally Posted by sharrukin

And if the next time they simply followed him into the subway letting a suicide bomber detonate a bomb inside killing 37 people? Would you be telling them what idiots they are for not taking action? Or would you be telling them what a great job they are doing?

Its just another case of Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't