On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:06:53 +0100, 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,

Pointless to speculate on this hypothetical.

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:04:05 +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,

Pointless to speculate on this hypothetical.

My point was that just because he ran away from (plain-clothes) police
and over the ticket barrier, there is no reason to assume he was being
foolhardy. We do not know details of what exactly happened or what may
have been going through his mind. However you seemed to be saying in
your post that, regardless of the circumstances, it was his own fault
that he was shot and that no changes to police procedure need be
considered.

asdf wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:04:05 +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,

Pointless to speculate on this hypothetical.

My point was that just because he ran away from (plain-clothes) police
and over the ticket barrier, there is no reason to assume he was being
foolhardy. We do not know details of what exactly happened or what may
have been going through his mind. However you seemed to be saying in
your post that, regardless of the circumstances, it was his own fault
that he was shot and that no changes to police procedure need be
considered.

If he thought that the people chasing him were intent on harming him he
could have sought protection from uniformed police officers at the entrance
to the station.

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

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

They were, it is reported, not uniformed. If a dodgy-looking
non-uniformed person points a gun at me, my instinct is likely to make
me run. Fast.

Neil

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