So what do you do with a suicide bomber with a set of explosives? You tackle him and he sets the belt off killing possibly dozens of people. You let him go and he detonates the belt. Do you want to explain to the mother or father who has just lost their 5 year old kid that we were trying to protect the bomber's rights? Or how about the husband of the pregnant woman who was beside the bomber when it went off?
The police had id'd themselves as police, told him to stop. He did not. He ran, and acted in a manner similar to a suicide bomber. What do you do in this case? There is no good answer. The metropolitan police said it right. They were incorrect and are reexamining their procedures. What do you want? How many people do you want to die for the police to err on the side of causion or on the side of the guy with the bomb belt? larry On 7/24/05, Jennifer Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's more than an unfortunate tragedy. It's a warning. They targetted > and killed someone innocent in the name of protecting people from a > theoretical threat. And their response is "Sorry. It is an unfortunate > loss." Not even "We need to re-examine our procedures and see what > could have been done to handle the situation better." Just "He acted > suspicious so we shot him in the head. It's not our fault. If you have > a problem with this, shove it." > > Who's next? > > Some guy with chills who is on his way to the doctor's office trying > to keep warm? > > Someone who knows that innocent people have been detained indefinitely > without access to lawyers and has just suddenly realized that he is > wrongly under suspicion? > > You? > > On 7/24/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It unfortunately sounds like there was mutual panic - on both the > > victim's part, cops chasing him. and on the police. They may have > > thought he had a dynamite belt on him, and rather than endanger > > others, decided to shoot. > -- > "You can't destroy EVERYthing. Where would you sit?" The Tick > > Now blogging.... > http://www.blivit.org/blog/index.cfm > http://www.blivit.org/mr_urc/index.cfm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166103 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
