Blair sorry over shooting

why did he run from the police should be the question.as he comes from brasil he should be used to the sight of police with guns and should know how to react insuch a situation more so than any one fro this country.

 

he was running to catch a train. they gave him no warning. they held him down and shot him five times in the head.

 

oh come on mate, if anyone, anyone tries to justify shooting someone in the head, FIVE TIMES, i will personally hunt you down

 

why did it take 70 at Loughgall? its the mentality of some people i guess. no excuses here.

 

If the chap was suspected of having a bomb under his coat then shooting in the head is the only option...5 times makes sure the job is done before anything can be detonated.

It is a tragedy that this event happened, no other words can describe it.

If the guy did have a bomb and nothing was done, the cops would be getting stick for that. Very difficult situation for them.

 

they had him held down BB, its not as if he was running away so theres no justification on that. they also had his hands on the ground so he had no chance of pulling a cord if he was indeed a bomber.

the man got angry and nervous, and buckled under pressure. it was not the appropriate action and should never be supported nor defended.

 

Well, if you saw armed Police shouting you, you would run.

But, why shoot him? Especially 5 times? If they had him held down, there wasn't any bother was there? I feel it's out of order and a very paranoid thing to do. Anyone could be running to catch a train with a backpack on, why accuse him straight away?

 

There are conflicting reports of what actually happened.

I am not defending the action or supporting it as i wasnt there to see it for myself.

These London bombings are a wee bit close to home for me, so i will no doubt have a different point of view to those who are further away.

 

1 shot, 2 at the extreme most.

 

Mate i am certainly not defending the police actions but if a police man pointed a gun at me and told me to stop that is exactly what i would do out of fear if nothing else,as for the 5 shots to the head it is way over the top but in the light of what is happening in london every one will be on edge the police as much as anyone. A tragic mistake.

 

train station...trains....noise....
no mistake, only mistake they made in their eyes was that he was a brazilian and not an arab.

 

we all have our points of view that is what a forum is for,it would be rather boring if everyone thought exactly the same.

 

and im disagreein with your point of view. forums would be rather boring without it.

 

my point exactly mate no one is falling out over it.

 

what part of stop can be misunderstood? The fact that he was a Brazilian has very little to do with his political or spiritual affiliations, the terrorism thingy is cross cultural and does it not go to show that Enoch Powell was right in his thinking back in the 70's. It is somewhat surprizing that the much vaunted British stiff upper lip was seen in London over the bombing - seems to me that most of Londoners these days are what we used to refer to as western oriental gents or Eastern oriental gents.

 

sorry mates but the question is national security.if you do as your told no prblems will arise but if your asked to stop you feckin' run then your a dumb *.a tragic event...yes,should national security and the people suffer because of it ....* no.i'm for zero tolerance against terrorists and i hope this is a lesson for everyone.so in conclusion everyone knows the rules now no?you stop you live you run your dead.don't feckin' run

 

Very sad that this innocent man had to die, but:

1)Why did he ignore armed policemans requests of "Stop, police"?
2)Why did he vault a ticket machine?
3)Why did he sprint down an escalator knocking everyone out of his way?
4)Why did he run onto a tube train considering the current climate in London?

I don't understand 5 shots, maybe ensuring his death and to restrict the possibility of a jolting action and detonating a bomb.

 

cnn is saying it was 7 shots now.

horrendous situation but the police were only doing their job in what is a volatile situation at the moment- its sad that such tragic mistakes happen.