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To: snarks_when_bored

I agree, stupid of him. However, it should be a warning to all of us that terrorism is no excuse that cops become wild animals. I cannot really judge about the situation, I wasn´t there, but we have to take care that we don´t abolish our freedom in order to protect it against terrorists.


71 posted on 07/23/2005 10:37:34 AM PDT by Michael81Dus (Deutschland kommt wieder!)
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To: Michael81Dus
From what I've read so far, I can find no fault with what the police did. The man's overcoat could well have been concealing explosives; he refused repeated orders to stop; he ran from quite a large number of police officers who identified themselves as such to him; he ran towards an occupied train, as if seeking to get to it and explode himself.

In such circumstances, split-second decisions must be made. An instant's hesitation could've allowed the man to explode himself.

77 posted on 07/23/2005 10:49:09 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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