>>>>>Tom said 'kills an innocent person'. What is it that police, soldiers and the like are, first and for all, suspected to have misbehaved terribly, even in a western country like Brittain? Don't they have any credit?
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>>>>So if it turns out that the person killed was indeed down on the floor and with plain-clothes copss holding him down and THEN shot 5 time, to death, that is OK with you?
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>>>This evening on the news I heard that the police apologizes. The man did not have any bombs. The policemen have indeed gone too far. I must admit that it really shocked me. First thing I then think is 'you stupids'.
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>>Yes, that is very sad.
>>There was something strange about the incident given the eye witness report that the man was down and subdued when shot 5 times (all in the head it later turned out).
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>The only thing I can think is that maybe they thought they had to kill him otherwise he would set off an explosion.

They have publicly said, and before the shooting as I understand it, that they have instituted a policy to shoot for the head (i.e. shoot to kill) for bomber-related incidents because of fear that body shots might set off a bomb.

But if it remains so that the person was subdued when shot 5 (repeat: 5) times in the HEAD it seems to me that he was going to be of far more value alive rather than dead.


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>>I've heard that the person was an illegal immigrant, which probably explains his fleeing.
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>BBC World today said he had a work permit. It just doesn't make any sense that he ran.

It doesn't make any sense to us, but it did make sense to him.
Who can know why people might run from authorities??? An illegal immigrant *probably* would. Someone carrying dope *might*. Maybe he just saw a certain look in the cop's eyes that told him it was trouble (and it looks like he was right).
My sister used to have a deep fear of cops. I remember driving her one time when a cop car came around the corner. She started talking real fast, breating fast, TELLING me to turn off the street at the next intersection.
So who knows? People have their foibles.