Its about time the started making examples. They said on TV that they told the guy to stop a few times...then they blew him away. He deserved it.
The fact that this man was running away from the police, jumped a security barrier AND was wearing a heavy jacket on a day with temperatures in the 70s leads me to believe that the police had a reason to respond as they did, particularly in light of the attacks. Regardless, if there are no bombs found on him, then clearly this is a problem.
Breaking news ... Man shot dead was not a bomber Reuters.uk - 41 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - A man shot dead by police at a London Underground station on Friday was not one of the four bombers who tried to attack the city's transport system on Thursday, Sky Television reported citing security sources. ... ======================================================== Sorry dude, you are just one unlucky part of collateral damage in the war against terror. Learn to live with your fate in hell.
If the police are telling you to stop and you start running, then you are implying that you are guilty of something. In light of the recent bombings, I can see this type of situation happening. The police though need to notify the public to comply or they will be using deadly force.
The day after a bomb scare isn't the time to be disobeying police and jumping on subway cars. Natural selection at work...
hmmm, if an idiot dies, good riddance. is that what you're saying? do you even realize the things you say? my guess is that you only care about what your peers think, or maybe i should just say, you only think what your peers care about. this world is great because of it's diversity, not in spite of it. i don't know how old you are but there is still time to grow up. c'mon TJ, you can do it, expand your world view.
Well, at least now the police admit it. ===================================== UK Police: Man Killed Unrelated to Probe LONDON - The man shot and killed on a subway car by London police officers before horrified commuters had nothing to do with the investigation into a series of bombings against the city's transit system, police said Saturday. The man, whose identity has not been released, was shot Friday at a subway station in the south London neighborhood of Stockwell. A spokesman for Scotland Yard said on customary condition of anonymity that "the man was unconnected to the incidents of Thursday," in which bombs placed on three subway cars and a double-decker bus failed to detonate properly. The spokesman also said the man was "probably unconnected" to the July 7 subway and bus bombings that killed 56 people, including four attackers. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050723...mu9Q5gv;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
I wonder what happened. I really don't understand why he ran way. Did he not realise they were police officers (they were undercover)? Had he done something else and thought they were looking for him regarding that? Did he not speak English?! I mean he ran from the police in the centre of an extremely jumpy city, with a padded jacket, and into a tube station. Seriously, how stupid do you have to be? There must be more to this.
not only that, why is it that after multiple officers had him pinned to the ground, they decided to unload 5 rounds into him at point blank range..
That's the only thing that bothers me a bit is the fact that 5 officers had him down and they shot him. At that point he was not a threat to them they could have basically subdued the guy and found out what the reason for him running was. Why was there a need to pin him down and then shoot him 5 times when he is in no position to put the officers in danger?
They can always use the [standard operating procedure] LAPD explanation that the perpetrator was high on crack and had the strength of five men himself, not unlike a gorilla.
Bothers me, too...I can only imagine that they thought he might have some bomb vest on him that he might still be able to set off. On the other hand, why was he running away...I wonder if he did not realize they were Police...a tragic incident.
yeah i thought about that too..but then i think this..okay i am sure he needed his hands to detinate it so they probably had that pinned down....then secondly didn't they figure if he had explosives on him that shooting him could actually detinate the bomb and kill not only him but the officers that have him pinned down?
They may have thought that the lesser evil was stopping him immediately. Even Red Ken Livingstone supports this policy: via http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/23/stories/2005072316101200.htm
London Police: Subway Shooting Not Connected to Attacks By Glenn Frankel and Fred Barbash Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, July 23, 2005; 12:57 PM LONDON, July 23 -- Police announced Saturday that the man officers shot dead on a London subway car Friday morning was "not connected" with the bombing incidents of the day before. "We are now satisfied that he was not connected with the incidents of Thursday 21st July 2005," police said in a statement. "For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets," the police said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/23/AR2005072300438.html
