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Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:05 am
by JBG
Obviously the whole thing is regrettable. I'm sure the officers involved haven't exactly taken this matter lightly. They are only human and their mistake last week will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
My own personal experience in dealing with police is that the vast majority of them are decent people who do an extremely difficult job. They are the thin blue line protecting us from anarchy and chaos. Obviously they are human and they are subject to the same failing and fallibilities as the rest of us.
Unfortunately it appears that last week happened to be a huge mistake. I'm sure that the officers involved did not take the decision to open fire lightly, although time will tell once the enquiry is held.
The whole thing is regretable, for man that was shot, his family but also for the officers involved as their actions will torment them for the rest of their lives.
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:07 pm
by MCYan
Best wishes to all the victims and their families in UK.
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:51 pm
by woof woof !
Bottom line is . did the police give an audible warning ? If so , then in the present climate they (imo) are completely blameless. I'm mean who in their right mind would run away from cops (after being told to stop ) in a city that is undergoing a wave of suicide bombings ?
If however the guy wasn't challenged or didn't hear the challenge and was just legging it to catch the tube ,then serious questions about police procedure have to be asked .
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:40 pm
by neilE
An innocent man is dead - its not a capital offence to leap frog a tube barrier. It should not have happened. Nor should any of the thousands that have been in the wrong place at the wrong time in the last year or two, in Iraq, London, New York, Madrid, Bali etc etc. It's just another wasted life in the unrelenting series - a devastating indictment of the world we've built. I wouldn't blame the copper who pulled the trigger, he's just as much caught up in it as anyone. The world is not a happy place these days, and I can't see anyone doing much to make it better.
One thing in particular scares me shtless about this incident. OK the police now shoot terrorists in the head to stop them setting off their bombs. Fair enough, except they can't guarantee to get it right (in fact a 100% failure rate!) So, from now on as soon as they decide a suspect is a terrorist, they have to shoot him dead before he has time to do or say anything. This Brazilian was a terrorist suspect, so even if the guy had stopped, in that crowded street, the police would have had to shoot him dead, in case he set off a bomb. Who's going to be next? could be absolutely anyone!