The right wing cretins step into action:

[mr blur]

I'm surprised they managed to hold back for so long

[D-Notice]

1. Strange how they don't mention

the fact that the guy they shot was unarmed...

Times

ARMED undercover police chased and shot dead a man directly linked to the London bombers’ terror cell after he ran into a South London Underground station and tried to board a train.

It is understood that he was found not to have been carrying a bomb.

(Edited for a speeling mistak)

[moggie]

10. Note the difference in witness statements

Two witnesses say he tripped on entry to the carriage and ended up half in and half out, on the floor, while one claims he took a hostage. It always amazes me how much variation you get in witness reports.

[non sociopath skin]

2. I guess "Gotcha" has already been used.

The Skin

[Anarcho-Socialist]

3. The editors of those papers are shitheads

It needed to be said.

[bennywhale]

4. After all the patting of one's own backs for stoicism in exactly the same

papers and how very British we were all being about this, they then (true to form) begin to support the tactics of some South American dictatorship's police force.

"Fucking kill the brown bastards" is the inference i get from these wonderful journalists. What about anyone else?

[non sociopath skin]

5. They seem to be peddling Grub Street's favourite nostrum...

... "We're just reflecting public opinion"

Bollocks! How many of the poor buggers who had the misfortune to witness yesterday's shooting were saying, "Hey, yeah, great, hope they get one on my tube train every morning!" They were traumatised.

And how do the Plods feel about this, do we ask? I may not be the Boys in Blue's most consistent fan but I don't envy them their job at the best of times and to have the armchair warriors baying to turn them into a shoot-first-ask-later assassination squad is going to do wonders for recruitment and retention, isn't it?

That's the Great British Press for you! Always part of the problem, never part of the solution ..

The Skin

[bennywhale]

15. I read the front page of the Mail (or Express) this morning and it was

quite horrible.
Its language of "refused to obey police" and "shoot-to-kill-squad" and "took him out" made my stomach turn.

You can just feel their imperialist authoritarian racism seeping from the pages. They don't give a fuck if he was a terrorist they'll be saying that it sends a message. they'll be cheering that the state is taking a hard line etc etc.

Such subservient pricks. they would have worked for Geobells had they been in 30's Germany.

[D-Notice]

19. Well, the Mail

DID support the Nazis throughout the 30s...

[Mr Creosote]

6. Wonder what they will make of this

http://inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=19415&L=en

[non sociopath skin]

7. Berlusconi's old stomping ground, yes?

Touch of irony there, I think.

The Skin

[moggie]

9. I think we can guess

The geniuses at the Sun prefer to think of foreigners in terms of simple stereotypes, and they're familiar with the "Italians are cowards" one. Expect tired jokes about how many reverse gears Italian tanks have.

[non sociopath skin]

11. Yes, that crossed my mind too.

So much for our gallant allies in the Coalition of the Willing ...

The Skin

[moggie]

8. I wonder what their headlines were in April '99?

Strangely enough, I don't remember the RW press being quite so bloodthirsty when a Nazi nutter conducted a bombing campaign against ethnic minorities and gays:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copeland

But the hacks are creaming themselves this time round.

[Briar]

12. I wonder what these brutes will say

now the Met has admitted the man had nothing to do with the bombings.

[mr blur]

13. Probably , "It's better to be safe than sorry"

After all, it's not as if he was white. Or a footballer. Or a Big Brother contestant.

[Briar]

14. Yes, and anyway, he ran

he disobeyed the police. It's his own fault. And what was done is perfectly okay - bar the accident that an innocent civilian was killed as a result.

They've already legitimised the policy, so they will have little difficulty using it as a justification.

[bennywhale]

16. Can i suggest we don't take our anti-terror policies and training from the

Israeli government. It hasn't exactluy worked for a start, and the first result is this.

[D-Notice]

20. Exactly...

you can't trust 'em - they're not Caucasian!

[bennywhale]

17. Probably "It sends a message to the bombers" We will kill

anyone to get you.

Some kind of shit. In fact they'll probably just ignopre it and half the population will still believe they shot a terrorist.

Their lead will be a kiss and tell about a big brother contestant

[cheeseit]

18. And in a sure sign of sincere outrage...

...they stick a picture of a semi-naked Sophia Loren next to their bigoted rant. How very Daily Express.