Posted on 07/25/2005 5:07:52 AM PDT by MadIvan
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
The situation is unfortunate.
It was caused by the terrorists.
Exactly. If anyone made a bad decision, it was the victim. Under the circumstances, I think they police were justified. Don't run - simple as that.
Get legal, don't run. It's pretty simple.
No, he shouldnt have fled, but maybe he wouldnt have even given thought to being a terrorist suspect himself, seeing as he was from South America. The police did what they felt they had to, but its still a sad mistake.
He was wearing a heavy padded overcoat in the middle of summer on a day when the temperatures were in the mid to upper 70's. And, when told to halt, he fled and jumped the turnstile.
If I was the police I would have come to the same conclusion.
Former PM John Majors said it:
"They had to make a decision. Do we take this dreadful decision to shoot, or do we face the risk that conceivably, if our worst fears are right, a bomb could be detonated that could kill people, including them, in the next second or so?"
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And the guy was wearing a heavy padded coat...he did not stop as ordered...also some news reports here said he was being watched as he left a building that had been under surveillance and headed for the station.
Sorry he was killed accidentally, but then again, he brought this on himself.
Note to self:
Call Home Office
Pick up milk at the shop
Bid for that bullet proof vest on Ebay.co.uk...
Especially into a train station.
"Two in the head, you know they're dead" - Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
So what is five in the head?
what's the deal? cop says stop, you keep running, you get shot.
if cops had kept this policy, we'd have most likely have less crime. knowing you might get shot is a good deterent to crime.
Agreed. The cops weren't looking to kill anyone that day. I'm sure they will always feel terrible about it.
From what I heard I would have done the same as the policemen.
I wish some of those who are so outraged by this would transfer their anger to the real source of the problem - the terrorists themselves.
"expired visa"
That answers why he was running away. It didn't make any sense before.
He did make a bad decision at a bad time.
This would not have happened in the US. American cops have a lot more experience dealing with guns. The rules of engagement preclude shooting someone just because he's running away.
This is the kind of thing that happens when you have a society that isn't familiar with the use of firearms.
He was running onto a train. The officers were utilising procedures imported from Israel and I trust the Israeli experience on this.
Regards, Ivan
Potential alternative reason for running he was from Brazil, where armed men arent people you stop to chat with.
They screwed up, as even they now admit.
People that have nothing to hide don't run from the police. Under the circumstances, the police made the right decision. It still wouldn't surprise me if there was more to this young man than we know right now. He, or the house he was in, was being watched for some reason.
There are definitely some unanswered questions about this guy.
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