Scotland yard has just apologised for shooting an innocent man, apparently a Brazilian. This is going to be a test of moral courage, not a good time to have a cock-up like this.
What a mess.
I have a nephew who is of Portuguese descent. If he had been standing on the train next to the dead suspect, he probably would be dead, too. He is just one camel short of looking like an Arab.
Scotland yard has just apologised for shooting an innocent man, apparently a Brazilian. This is going to be a test of moral courage, not a good time to have a cock-up like this.
Yes, I posted earlier that it was being reported that the shooting was 'a mistake'.
But this doesn't change the fact that it's the responsibility of somebody who wishes to remain alive that he apprise himself of the circumstances in his immediate vicinity that might make his wish difficult to fulfill. If the man was a Brazilian who didn't speak English and wasn't aware of the news and wasn't able to recognize British policeman and didn't know better than to run when being ordered to stop on the day after terrorist attacks, then his death was very much his own fault. To suppose otherwise is to suppose that it's the responsibility of everybody else to insure the continued existence of the terminally stupid.