Magnotta wrote: Seems he was shot 8 times.
Obviously, the police must have been extremely agitated to shoot him so many times. Most likely they were afraid that he was going to detonate a bomb so they kept shooting him until he stopped moving.
Magnotta wrote: Seems he was shot 8 times.
Darth Wong wrote: Obviously, the police must have been extremely agitated to shoot him so many times. Most likely they were afraid that he was going to detonate a bomb so they kept shooting him until he stopped moving.
Gud wrote:Darth Wong wrote:Obviously, the police must have been extremely agitated to shoot him so many times. Most likely they were afraid that he was going to detonate a bomb so they kept shooting him until he stopped moving.
Perhaps the police officer in question shouldn't be one if he can't keep his head cool during stressful situations.
psoTFX wrote: argh, you people! You don't have to be "asian" in appearance to commit terrorist acts! Talk about racism, geez.
the rat wrote: They decided that the headshot should be way to go.
FuNEnD3R wrote: It's a no win situation. If they didn't shoot him and he was a real bomber, then this topic would be about why the cops let the bomber go and should have shot him when they suspected something wrong.
sonyboy wrote: Based on the same concept, saying if you were filling out a form and it asks for your race, that would also be racism too wouldn't it? 7 bullets at his head? That tells me what the cops who done this feel like at that moment.
SHS` wrote: Reality check please. If you give the police the carte blanche to shoot people on suspicion, innocent people will get shot. Even if the dead guy was some crazed Islamist Fascist hell bent on mass murder of infidels (unlikely given he's Brazilian and Roman Catholic)... by standers could still have been killed as bullets don't magically stop upon hitting their intended target: ricochet, penetrating soft tissue, et cetera...
SHS` wrote: Also, however good one's aim, there's still a likelihood you'll set of the nutjobs explosive device, either by hitting their unstable homebrewed explosive, or the fact its got a Dead Man's Handle.
SHS` wrote: rather than having to worry about stray bullets when I return to London plus whatever threat Islamist Fascist nutjobs are scheming as well...
SHS` wrote: In any case, George Galloway & Lord Stevens should go about making love children
SHS` wrote: and I'm rather disappointed in Red Ken Livingstone, whom can normally be replied on for a bit of controversy but instead adopted the "yes-men" approach.
psoTFX wrote:Riamus wrote:For the first comment you make, I'm sure you also don't see a bunch of bombs going off on trains and buses either. With all that is currently going on, it could cause new things to happen that you don't normally see.
Pardon me? I live here, heck I've lived here my entire life ... how about you? Attacks by small sections of society on other members is not new and not limited to London. Whenever something like this happens tensions rise and things kick off ... but don't go away thinking of London being filled with howling white folks running down the road with burning torches chasing muslim members of society.
SHS` wrote: If al-Wotsit wanted to effectively besiged London where an ordinary person can have 5 (now 8?) bits of lead unloaded into him and society apparently seems to shrugs its shoulders... they have actually partially achieved their aim.
SHS` wrote: Oh, and news just in... in the same incident... the train driver had a gun pointed at his head? Sorry, but if that isn't mentalist (accrediting the police) I'm not sure what is...
psoTFX wrote: I'm not sure what's up with you Jon? You've gone from being someone who reasonably examines the situation ... to someone who quotes wikipedia as if it were lore and is more left-wing than Mr. "Look at me, look at me" Galloway.
Riamus wrote: I don't believe I said that. Anyone else think I did?
Riamus wrote: psoTFX, just as you clearly continue pointing out, no one has all the information. The police/coroner/etc will know much more information that has not yet been released. This means also that you don't have all the information either, regardless where you live. Please try to keep that in mind before going around throwing sarcasm at everyone who doesn't agree with you.
Riamus wrote: No offense meant, but doing that makes you sound arrogant. I doubt you mean to sound that way, but it does when you keep up the heavy sarcasm.
Riamus wrote: Who knows? You could be completely wrong.
Darth Wong wrote: Why is "left-wing" necessarily incompatible with "reasonable"?
psoTFX wrote:Riamus wrote:I don't believe I said that. Anyone else think I did?
Re-read what you wrote above ... you're suggesting that this hasn't happened before, that things may occur that I've not witnessed before ... sorry to burst your bubble but London has been attacked by terrorists for decades. It's faced serious rioting and the odd (luckily rare) burst of racial tension ... we've been there, done that and things have and will continue to move on. If you think I'm being arrogant in stating the obvious I do appologise.
psoTFX wrote: No offence ... yeah, sure ... I criticise you and you come back with "no offence but you sound arrogant".
psoTFX wrote:Riamus wrote:Who knows? You could be completely wrong.
Who knows? The officers who carried out the shooting, that's who ... and I've commented on those elements for which there is little to no doubt. On the actual shooting I've not commented. I strongly urge others do likewise till the inquest reports.
Riamus wrote: And, if you read what I was replying about, it was in regards to you stating that since you've not seen any mobs pretending to be cops or people jumping barriers, that it isn't a possibility.
Riamus wrote: IIt was a statement saying that -- Even though, you don't normally see that happening, that it could because of these attacks. Simple as that.
Riamus wrote: "Who knows" is a normal way, at least here, to say the same things as "You never know" or "It could be" or whatever else. It does not mean that no one knows.
Riamus wrote: And, as far as your comments on the shootings, you may not state specific beliefs, but your entire manner shows that you believe the police to be fully in the right of things and that there was no error in shooting the suspect multiple times.