Shot 5 times while being held down? Don't the Brit cops know

[zbdent]

about tasers?

[whistle]

1. He was assassinated perhaps

[FloridaPat]

2. Tasers don't shut up people permanently. 5 bullets into an overpowered

defenseless person does.

[zbdent]

3. Don't you read the news? Tasers have permanently shut up

a surprising number of people . . .

[FloridaPat]

5. True. Forgot about that. But you don't know for sure. Bullets are 100%

sure.

[bmcatt]

4. Since when do British police carry guns?

Perhaps this is something that's been lurking in my mind too long, but I thought one of the defining characteristics of British police was that they *weren't* as gun-crazy as the American kind?

[moodforaday]

8. They were plain-clothes apparently

It's not been said whether these were regular cops or some special ops unit. I'd bet on the latter.

[sojourner]

11. US cops being sent to "train" security forces (police) internationally

[BlueJazz]

6. I can very understand their reasoning.

I mean..if you know that these Wacko's can and will blow themselves up at any second, you want to make damn sure that they don't "flip the switch" while you're within 5 feet of them.

I'm not saying that what they did was cool...but I understand it.

[wtmusic]

7. But...they were holding him down

from 5 feet away? :crazy:

[medeak]

9. eyewitness reports say otherwise

he was not being "held down"... was running away and tripped getting on train.

[wtmusic]

10. So they shot him as he was running away

MUCH better :eyes:

[unrepuke]

12. Any L.A.P.D. vacationing in England this week?

Was The Running Man holding a baby ?

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Just being sacastic.
If it was our guys he'd have been hit a lot more than 5 measly times.

[petronius]

13. Well, he'd have been shot AT a bunch more than five times...

...no guarantees on who would have been hit.

[unrepuke]

14. LOL, you're right. I stand corrected. Every car and building on the street

the telephone poles, fire hydrants, fences would all be ventilated.

It's OK, though...there would be an investigation.