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Friday, November 05, 2004

ok, so two armed policeman mistakenly shoot dead an unarmed man. a terrible, terrible mistake. yet now they face being prosecuted for an error of judgement (in my opinion), which they made whilst doing their job. surely their employers realise mistakes can occassionally happen, and should stand behind them; bearing in mind these mistakes could end in fatality. instead they are abandoned and sued for it...how come?!

not that im trivialising their actions; i think the family deserve a very sincere apology and explanation…but it seems to me the distinction needs to be made between malicious, deliberate, unlawful killing and tragic accidents that occur in the line of duty.

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:: Anonymous Anonymous commented Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:05:00 PM

Did you hear the interesting follow up story to that incident? A week or so ago there were NO armed police offers in London, NONE. Because of the nature of the prosecution against their two colleagues, all those officers who were licensed to carry firearms, handed them in, and carried on with their jobs as usual.    



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