Jul
25
2005
London Police Shoot Wrong Man
3London Police Shoot Wrong Man
The downside...
The London Metropolitian Police have admitted they tracked a man from his home, to an Underground train and shot him to death, five times at point blank range.
And they also admitted it was the wrong man.
That is wrong on so many levels.
Wrong because an innocent man died. Wrong because police will be more hesitant to act in the same way again. Wrong because terorrists know this.
Wrong because actual investigative work, presumably, led to this man and it was false. Wrong because it's a step backward. Wrong because neither Britain nor any other country should have to react his way. Wrong because many commuting Londers had to watch a man shot and killed in front of them.
Wrong because who the hell knows, the man could be a terrorist sympathizer and planned it to cause just such strife.
Wrong because the public is demonizing the police for killing the man, but would the public demonize the man if he killed a cop?
Wrong, but he bears as much blame as the police.
What They Said:
RantUser says Wrong but... on 7/25/2005
Gramps says The Fix? on 7/25/2005
Londoner says YOU are wrong! on 7/29/2005
You don't know what you are talking about. Learn the background to issues before you sound off. He was shot because he looked as if he 'might' be Arab, and ran from the Police. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4713753.stm and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4711189.stm are good places to start. In the UK, it is a new thing for the police to shoot a n unarmed man for running away. This is not an offence! Worse, they had trailed him from his house! Were the people on the bus he had just got off expendable? Far from easing up on their panicky tactics they are refusing to admit it was a mistake ('operationally correct'), and warning us that it will happen again. For those that don't know:
London is full of black, dark, and tanned people.
London summers are not that warm, so a heavy jacket on a brazilian is not surprising
Shooting an already restrained bomber is not necessarily sensible, as some devices have 'release' buttons to detonate.
granny_halfstep
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