It's important to realise that the house was actually a block of flats judging by the TV coverage, he came out of a communal entrance from what I can see.
On 7/24/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To quote news reports, > http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2005/07/24/world/londonattacks-070524 > > "The police force said officers saw Menezes emerge from a house that > they had been staking out as part of the hunt for the bombers. They > said suspicions were aroused because he was wearing an unseasonably > bulky jacket and acting oddly, so they followed him. > > They eventually chased him into the station and onto a train, where > they shot five bullets into his head in front of stunned passengers." > > So the guy exited a house they had under surveillance, and was wearing > a very heavy coat that could have hidden a bomb belt. He was followed > to the subway and was told to stop. Instead he ran. What was the > police to do? Risk the deaths of quite a few more people. THe guy > could have prevented the whole thing just by stopping and complying > with the police. > > larry > > > > On 7/24/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166121 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
