asdf wrote:
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,

The guy was Brazilian.

and it was 2 weeks after some suicide bombings and the day after
some attempted ones, and BNP hatred was at a high,

No reports of this in the Stockwell area that I've seen.

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?

.... and vault the ticket gates rather than seek help from uniformed
police at the station?
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Richard J.
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