did the PLAINSCLOTHES police IDENTIFY themselves as police??!! If you were caught in what looks like a terroist situation, and a bunch of guy in street clothes start waving guns, do you just stand there or run? THINK, PEOPLE!
If there were lots of witnesses -which there were- they'd have had to. If they didn't, multiple people would have said that they didn't.
they have to identify themselves by law. They would have done that. (I hope)
You are the one who needs to think. Normally muggers don't run in packs, they are sinles or at the most 3 people and they are very seldom dressed well. If you see a group of people who are dressed well calling for you to halt, you are the one who better think and think hard before you take off running, especially if you are in an area where the police are trying to track down terrorists.
I do not know why this guy ran but I do know this: Because he ran, he is dead. Also I know this to be true, the real people responsible for this man's death are the terrorists, not the police. With out the suicide bombers setting off bombs this brazilian would not be dead. Lay the blame where it belongs, on the terrorists.
Hmmm, let me see... If the guys waving guns at me and telling me to stop in the LONDON subway are white, pasty, and shouting with distinct British accents, I think I'd stop. If they were Arabs shouting with Middle Eastern or otherwise NON-British accents, I think I'd keep running.
I think the argument that this guy didn't know who was pursuing him is nonsense.