At least the British ADMIT shooting the wrong man 5 times is a "tragedy"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

IMAGINE if it happened here. IMAGINE Bush's photo op.

"We shot him in the head five times because the terrorists hate us for our freedoms. But freedom is on the march, and we have firm resolve. We will not be shaken. Shooting this poor innocent motherf**ker in the head five times for no good reason is PROOF that we must stay in Eye-Rack, because if we don't fight the terrorists on their soil, we will fight them in our own backyard. Be afraid. Thank you, and good night."



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050723/ts_nm/security_britain_dc

LONDON (Reuters) - Police admitted on Saturday they had shot dead the wrong man in a tragic error as they combed London for four men after attempted bomb attacks on the capital's transport system.

Plainclothes police chased the man onto an underground train on Friday after he ignored warnings to stop, shooting him five times in the head because they feared he was carrying a bomb and was going to detonate it.

"We are now satisfied that he was not connected with the incidents of Thursday 21st July 2005," police said on Saturday.

"For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets."

[Benbow]

1. Yes, and we do body counts

[DemGa]

2. If it happened here

we would at least have contradictory stories put out to place doubt; he reached for his pocket, thought he had a gun, etc.

[newswolf56]

4. If it happened here, at least 100 rounds would have been fired...

the cops' five hits would have been distributed throughout the man's body (arms, legs etc.), and there's a high possibility bystanders would have been shot too. American police marksmanship is infamously bad -- not the cops fault: squeamish or anti-gun administrators refuse to allocate adequate quantities of practice ammunition. At least the British cops are well enough trained and practiced to hit what they shoot at. (Hitting a target the size of a human head moving at the speed of a running suspect is especially difficult with a handgun.) Our own cops can't shoot even a quarter as well.

That said, it is always a tragedy when an an innocent dies in a police or military operation -- but why did the man run?

[Panda1]

3. Here, they'd deny it first

Then they'd assign blame elsewhere. The MSM would make it stick. When proven to be lying, they'd refuse to comment.