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more innocent people murdered by police
BillieTheBot
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And this time its a mentally ill person who is gunned down in cold blood by the police on the pretext of "terrorism".
Story.
Not really much to say anymore, is there?
Nothing can be done about this shocking disgrace, and that's the worst thing of it.
Story.
Not really much to say anymore, is there?
Nothing can be done about this shocking disgrace, and that's the worst thing of it.
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i wonder what the bogstandard response would have been, if this guy had ran, was let free, and exploded the plane?
And how were they to know that he was mentally ill? As I said, they didn't really have time to stop him and give him a full psycho analysis. In those situations, they have to act fast just in case the guy does have a bomb and is hell bent on blowing stuff up. I guess they made the right decision to take him down but perhaps they could have done so in a non-lethal manner.
when people use the argument they stopping him setting it off, theres one flaw he might have a pressure release trigger ie letting go of a button or something
and if well if he set it off outside the aircraft theres probably less casulty than if he set it off on the plane so it makes no sense
Neither of which act instantly...
Easier typed than done, and ground which has been covered before.
I can't really fault the "law enforcement" in this case because I don't have enough facts which would make me worried that they had acted presumptiously. I certainly won't draw any comparison with our Tube Murderers because in that case there was "intelligence" failings and time to react which wasn't used.
I'm not specifically condemning the law enforcement in this case, but it does illustrate just how dangerous an accepted "shoot to kill" policy really is.
I have no problem with them shooting him. Rather that then have a guy with a real bomb on board and they not do owt and he blows the plane up.
No one else heard him say "bomb", just those that shot him. :rolleyes:
Again.
just coz its the government doesn't make it the big bad.
I guess its all down to who you belive.
the countless of peole that have never had an quick, immediate action in their lives, not trained for situations, flooded with panaic, or distratced by the in flight movie, music headphones, sleeping, missing half the action and not realising what had happend until its over against the highly trained air marshall who knows how to react in risk circumstances.
I don't trust armed police, de menezes was just another in a long line of fuck ups resulting in innocent loss of life.
the le menze incident was tragic. But you still have to accpet there is a risk out there and armed police officers do serve a purpose.
I am not denying that the man was behaving erratically, only that there is no evidence for the marshalls assertion that he was taking about a bomb. The marshall probably did genuinely think the man presented a threat. He's not a mental health worker, he's a type of policeman (qualifications include being relatively tall and doing relatively badly in exams, plus the willingness to use violence to get your own way) and prone to make this kind of mistake.
I am sure it's a genuine mistake. i.e. that erratic behaviour from swarthy man = terrorist. The "bomb" stuff is probably fabrcated, given no one else heard it.
A policeman's job is to enforce the will of those who make the law using vioence or threats of violence. They do not now, never have and never will protect anybody from anything. If it gets really bad, they will come and clean up afterwards and that's about it.
Even if that was a qualification for policing (which it isn't) I'd rather that exams are one of the least qualifications for being allowed to handle weapons. I know PhDs who i wouldn't allow to handle a water pistol, never mind anything which shoots real bullets.