Posted on 07/21/2005 1:27:11 PM PDT by northmoor
A man suspected of ties with Thursday’s attack has been arrested at the gates of Downing Street.
Shortly after 3.20pm Metropolitan police officers ran down Parliament Street towards a slight man wearing dark clothes and sunglasses. “That’s the informant” one officer shouted. “Move, move,” another screamed at onlookers who quickly scattered.
As policemen advanced on him with guns drawn he fell to the ground and lay there for a moment arms outstretched. Then he rose and unbuttoned his shirt to show there were no explosives underneath. He was quickly handcuffed and led into a nearby government building.
Some witnesses said the man had a black rucksack similar to those used in Thursday’s attacks. Parliament Street was briefly cleared following the incident.
Very odd.
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'Armed police took away man with knapsack' Jul 21 2005
Reporter Rishi Bhattacharya, of ITV Granada, was outside Downing Street immediately before Whitehall was cleared by police.
He said: 'There was a guy dressed all in black carrying a knapsack.
'I was walking behind a group of policemen going down Whitehall and I heard one of them say: 'He has just passed Derby Gate, heading towards Trafalgar Square.'
'Then some police cars came towards us the other way and armed police came towards us and went for the guy in black.
'They made him take the knapsack off and put it down and made him get face down on the floor.
'After a while they got him up and got him to move away from the bag. He had his hands up and they undid the buttons on his shirt, then after a while they put cuffs on him and took him away.
'It was at that time they started clearing the street.
If this happened to me, I hope I'd understand it was for the safety of me and my family and my country.
BTW, do you have any pics of what this rucksack looks like?
New Yorker who was lost?
teletubbies. Now that would be suspicious! :~)
The real question is: Did they racial profile this poor gentleman? I hope they didn't pass by all the grannies with their large handbags to get to this guy's knapsack.
msut have scared the **** out of you! Would have me. I admit it would be hard to get over.
I'm seriously interested in what this rucksack looked like. I watched a man in Atlanta last week do some pretty suspicious stuff with a camcorder he kept in a small, black knapsack.
Never a dull moment. It was freaky and scary at the time but I was pretty relived when they decided that I wasn't the wanted guy.
The cops were just doing thier job and I looked like they guy.
isn't it odd that one officer shouted “That’s the informant”??
'course I'd be really ticked off if the cops frisked me.
If they didn't do it well, I'd ask them to do it again. :~)
yes, it is odd. Knee jerk reaction? Tension? or some sort of set up?
Sure sounds like they had past contact with this guy...about something.
What about the 'informant' part? Do they always deal with stoolies this way, or was that just a show to get him safely out of public view? His identity is being wiped around the world right now, and with the plastic surgery he won't be recognized in his new life. That is how tough it is to be a Moslem and turn in Terrorists you know.
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