Shots Fired

[thessalian]

So a man tries to board a Tube wearing what looks like a 'bomb belt'. Not sure how much damage it'll do, not sure how it's going to be triggered. And the police chase him onto a crowded Tube train, pin him to the floor (according to the news reports dodgyhoodoo is watching) and shoot him five times.

When the almighty fuck did summary executions become a part of the justice process in this country? Besides that, it was unsafe. You do not shoot people in front of that many civilians in that enclosed a space if you can help it. He was subdued, he wasn't going to trigger anything, and if it was on a timer, well, they'd have been screwed either way. And let's not talk about what would have happened if they'd missed and hit the bomb belt ... but then again, we're assuming the shots weren't at close range, which I guess is kind of stupid. He could have been disarmed, but no one tried.

I don't even want to hear the excuses for this one.

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Re: The facts have come out...

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, saw that. Hate to think that bulky clothes, an easy mistake to make in a country whose weather changes radically in the space of three minutes, is a sign that you're a terrorist...