On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 19:19:30 +0100, James Farrar
wrote:

Which is why the police should shoot first and worry about questions later.

Would you like it if you were an unintended target?

If the police shout "stop!", I don't run away.

I don't know what this guy was actually up to, but he ran away from
police and vaulted the ticket barrier. That's no way to behave in the
current climate; it invites suspicion.

So if you were of Asian appearance, and it was 2 weeks after some
suicide bombings and the day after some attempted ones, and BNP hatred
was at a high, and you hadn't done anything wrong at all, and suddenly
you started getting chased by a gang of white guys in jeans and
t-shirts, possibly shouting in a language you couldn't understand, you
can guarantee that you wouldn't panic and run away?