krizzy

People are sorry you moron......geezzzzz......

I don't think there is one person here who would of wished the guy dead.......but it was the day after a bomb scare......he was running toward a subway.......the police did what they had to do.......if you can't see that.....then I can't help you......Good day.......

krizzy

That is really nice.........someone done that to my cat...and just left him in the street.....

Manc

so because I think shooting people is wrong I am a moron?

nice.

CitySimon

All you can do is apologise... It won't stop it from happening again or bring the cat back but it is the correct thing to do...

krizzy

Tell me how many blown up trains and buses are acceptable???

fatbrit

Think they can go a touch further than that:

1/ Apologize.
2/ Clearly demonstrate what steps they are taking to ensure this doesn't happen again if at all possible.
3/ Pay up for the damage they have done.

Number 1 is clearly completed, 2 and 3 will take a little time but shouldn't take forever.

TouristTrap

The Times is saying that from eyewitness reports, the cops did not identify themselves. They put on their cop caps, but did not shout out.

krizzy

No...you are a moron because you can't understand that people can be sorry about the mans death....while still thinking that the police did their job the only way they could ........see.....

krizzy

Its not nice to see your pet just lying in the street hurt and in pain.....but a driver can't do anything if a pets not wearing a tag.......my outside cats always had tags.....

anotherlimey

Well I don't know exactly what happened. I do know they don't have to identify themselves.

krizzy

They don't have to identify themselves........

Rete

Are you proposing that all guns be equipped with only one shell? Then if there is only one cop in pursuit of a terrorist and he misses, then the survivors of those killed by the terrorists can sue because the cop was a poor marksman.

How can anyone make a judgment against any policeman in this instance is beyond me. They followed the rule book. They shouted their warnings, gave him ample time to stop and desist and he chose to run. I'm sure the bullets were fired rapidly in succession and not while the suspect was lying on the payment.

His family deserves nothing but condolences on the loss of their son who apparently was not a very bright man.

Lion in Winter

Excuse me but Manc is no moron. He reads and thinks and analyses, instead of just reacting with his emotions. He is expressing concern about the direction our society is taking. It is an issue more complicated than one dead man.

CitySimon

Agreed that 1/ is done.

2/ is a bit more tricky... The next time a person runs from the police into a subway station, are the police expected to think "ok. maybe he isn't a bomber!". If the "bomber" then manages to kill 50 people on a subway train, the police will be to blame again. Honestly, I don't think it is possible for the police to have acted any differently. If this guy they shot had been a bomber, the police offices would have been knighted by now.

3/ Are we talking about compensation from the British Government to the family of a person who should not have been here in the first place? If that is the case, I think an appropriate financial gesture should be made to the family... If they are looking at suing the British Government simply because they can with the objective of getting as much money out of the country as possible, then no... I'm waiting for the lawsuit coming in for $50,000,000 for loss of earnings and mental anguish.

krizzy

You can't stop cats running out in front of cars......things get hit when they run at the wrong times......its a fact of life........I never blamed the driver of the car for hitting my cat.......just for not saying sorry......when the cat was clearly wearing a tag.......