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Police shot non-terrorist in London by Kickstart2006-11-19 12:55:59
  From what I've been able to determine by wheresthefish 2005-07-24 03:46:02
from all that I've heard in the three days since this story broke, the police did not have any choice.

I do not believe he was mentally ill, neither do I believe that this was suicide-by-cop (an almost unheard-of event in the UK). My personal feeling is that he panicked and ran when he saw a gun pointed at him. If he had run anywhere other than into a tube train he would most likely still be alive.

From the police POV, they had a man who emerged from a house under observationin connection with the attacks, who was wearing heavy clothing in the middle of summer (it was 25°C that day and hotter underground, why was he wearing a winter coat?) When challenged by people who identified themselves as police, he then ran off into the local underground station, vaulting the barriers and onto a train. At this point the police have a suspected suicide bomber who could possibly be wearing a belt bomb on a tube train. They only have one course of action left.
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    Agreed. by LionsPhil2005-07-24 07:55:30
      Stun bullets would actually be a nice invention... (n/t) by krikkert2005-07-24 08:01:36
        Oh, indeed. by LionsPhil2005-07-24 08:07:26
          Not to mention by TheGM2005-07-24 09:41:36
            Same reason they went for headshots... by McNutcase2005-07-24 09:47:58
              Well, that depends on the nature of the boom. by LionsPhil2005-07-24 10:24:20
                Based on the boom used on the 7th... by McNutcase2005-07-24 11:05:14
                  I dunno... by wheresthefish2005-07-24 11:09:33
                    Heh. by LionsPhil2005-07-24 11:14:37
                    It was what the stuff used on the 7th degrades to. by McNutcase2005-07-24 11:37:35
        *ahem* tranq darts by Kickstart2005-07-24 09:54:07
          Speed? by TheGM2005-07-24 09:57:19
            And that's only ONE of the reasons. (n/t) by McNutcase2005-07-24 10:00:29
          Several reasons. by McNutcase2005-07-24 10:00:07
            The potential lethality of non-lethal weapons by LionsPhil2005-07-24 10:25:45
              I agree wholeheartedly. by TheGM2005-07-24 10:40:46
          Er, because they don't fit the bill? by LionsPhil2005-07-24 10:23:29

 

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