Man shot dead by police in London

#17176Post 1 of 212005-07-22

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4706787.stm[/url]

Man shot dead by police on Tube Stockwell Tube station Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around the station A man has been shot dead by police at Stockwell Tube station in south London, as officers hunt four bombing suspects.

Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun.

BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said there were unconfirmed reports officers at the scene had said the man shot was the Oval bomb suspect.

And armed police have cordoned off an area of Harrow Road in west London.

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Looked like another suicide bomber - but at this time tension can be high and wrong choices are easily made... We'll see what happens in the investigation. This concerns me: [quote]They pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him [/quote]

Sure there was a reason but I'd like to hear it... London is my hometown and I feel so sad about whats happenning... f.

#452480Post 2 of 212005-07-22

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[quote=frisky] This concerns me: [quote]They pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him [/quote]

Sure there was a reason but I'd like to hear it... London is my hometown and I feel so sad about whats happenning... f.[/quote]

From what I gather, they had been tracking this guy and had ID'd him as one of the suspects (as opposed to profiling or something), which makes the fact that they killed him really odd. I would think he would have more value to them alive.

The story is still so fresh and facts continue to come in. I've going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that either the chronology is incorrect (i.e., that he wasn't shot after he was captured) or that there was something else that we're missing...

#452482Post 3 of 212005-07-22

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i read about that ... pretty strange.

#452638Post 4 of 212005-07-23

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[quote=toasty][quote=frisky] This concerns me: [quote]They pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him [/quote]

Sure there was a reason but I'd like to hear it... London is my hometown and I feel so sad about whats happenning... f.[/quote]

From what I gather, they had been tracking this guy and had ID'd him as one of the suspects (as opposed to profiling or something), which makes the fact that they killed him really odd. I would think he would have more value to them alive.

The story is still so fresh and facts continue to come in. I've going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that either the chronology is incorrect (i.e., that he wasn't shot after he was captured) or that there was something else that we're missing...[/quote]

this isn't 24! he was wearing a winter jacket on the tube...suspected to be carrying a bomb belt.

5 shots were fired because the police were using low-velocity .22 bullets. you need to fire off a few shots to make sure. all head shots too. the guy was tracked and suspected to be armed. of course i hope they didn't screw up.

#452662Post 5 of 212005-07-23

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I heard this news.... :cry: I hate the terrorism! :evil:

#452717Post 6 of 212005-07-23

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[quote=toasty] From what I gather, they had been tracking this guy and had ID'd him as one of the suspects (as opposed to profiling or something), which makes the fact that they killed him really odd. I would think he would have more value to them alive.

The story is still so fresh and facts continue to come in. I've going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that either the chronology is incorrect (i.e., that he wasn't shot after he was captured) or that there was something else that we're missing...[/quote]

Well, I guess this is what I get for listening to CNN...

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20050723/ap_on_re_eu/britain_underground_46[/url]

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#452730Post 7 of 212005-07-23

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And today i hear he has nothing to do with this weeks bombings, great!

#452842Post 8 of 212005-07-24

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[quote=Hos]of course i hope they didn't screw up.[/quote]

Guess what, they did.

[quote]They will also be asking why someone lying on the floor and apparently offering no resistance was shot, according to eyewitnesses, five times in the head.[/quote]

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4711779.stm[/url]

#452864Post 9 of 212005-07-24

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The guy was brazilian

#452877Post 10 of 212005-07-24

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I am not sure why he was running. No doubt the Police are on edge, but to blast five rounds into a head ... well I would think a shot in the shoulder would be enough to put a man down. Perhaps he had a "her-O" syndrome ... either case terrible news. Reminds of the little baby girl that got blasted here in USA ...

fuckwads. :?

#452923Post 11 of 212005-07-25

guess the police aren't too edgy these days...

#452924Post 12 of 212005-07-25

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This concerns me: [quote]They pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him [/quote]

true

#452936Post 13 of 212005-07-25

its been all over the news here, pretty fucked up, cant believe that the police would be so reckless / careless. Why the fuck aren't local law enforcement agencies working with the intelligence community on profiling these terrorists instead of looking at circumstantial visual assessments of a situation and blowing people in the heads.

This is sort of like the NYC cops who dropped 44 rounds into that Jamaican immigrant because he had in his hand what appeared to be a gun when it was in fact a pager..... unecessary use of force and liberal use of judgement

-e-

#452945Post 14 of 212005-07-25

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it has to be a tough time over there. the cops made a huge mistake but they're pretty much in a no win situation. everytime something happens, the public wonders why they didn't do something. when they do something, they kill an innocent man.

#452973Post 15 of 212005-07-25

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[quote=CSquare]it has to be a tough time over there. the cops made a huge mistake but they're pretty much in a no win situation. everytime something happens, the public wonders why they didn't do something. when they do something, they kill an innocent man.[/quote]

this is usually called inefficiency

#452974Post 16 of 212005-07-25

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It's tragic that he was innocent... but why was he running away? In this new climate if the police say stop, you stop. :?

#453036Post 17 of 212005-07-25

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[quote=mixu]It's tragic that he was innocent... but why was he running away? In this new climate if the police say stop, you stop. :?[/quote]

Visa issues. He had an expired Visa and thought he was being hunted down because of that. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4713753.stm[/url]

f.

#453041Post 18 of 212005-07-25

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This is a tragedy, definitely, but for fucks sake, keep your stuff in order, and dont run from the cops if you havent done anything wrong. if he had a visa and it was just expired, get it sorted. Don't ignore the police telling you to stop, especially in a city that has just been hit twice by terrorists.

Not by any means condoning the amount of force, but you know on the other hand, had he just ran off and got away, and next week his face is caught on camera getting on a bus with a ruck sack full of bombs.. then what?

#453043Post 19 of 212005-07-25

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it is a hard line. but you are correct. it was not like they just picked out this guy and shot him. he was given orders many times ... and just because you have xx visa does not give you any right to run. it was a stupid mistake on his part, it cost him his life. On the other hand ... why don't cops fire rounds into legs and arms ... that does put people down ... :|

#453046Post 20 of 212005-07-25

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yes, i agree, a shot in the arm, leg, shoulder would most likely have been sufficient, and had he been a terrorist, taking him alive would have been better. But I cant even begin to think what the mind set of any law enforcement official is right now. Think of how the police must have been and still are affected in NY after 9-11? were they even going to think twice?

it is difficult, they need to be as professional and mentally stable as possible, but they are human, and trying to protect innocent people.. and unfortunately another innocent person has died.

#453048Post 21 of 212005-07-25

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the lesson here is.....

don't get nervous and run from the police after shoplifting a heavy coat in the middle of July.

:roll:

Music madethis place,we just kept itgoing...

Man shot dead by police in London