Reply #223: too too funny [View All]

[Romulus]

(Edited to tone it down)

Yes, it seems that policy horribly backfired in this instance. Yes, the policy and the officers involved are now under the most extreme scrutiny and public investigation you can possibly imagine.

The London Police Chief, Sir Ian Blair, has come out and stated that the policy will continue, and more innocent people will be killed, and that it is "too bad, so sad." :eyes: And the policy has the full support of the not-likely-to-be-a-victim-of-it UK community.

What more do you want? The police have apologised. An unprecedented campaign has been launched to reassure the community.

A backhanded apology if I ever heard one. And the trigger man/men are probably being toasted at the local po-po pub for "doing the right thing" and guaranteeing their career security..

That said, De Menezes did the most stupid thing he could possibly have done in those circumstances. He could not have reacted in a more wrong manner. He checked every box in the mental checklist an armed pursuit officer has to make in, oooh, half a second.

Maybe if the UK police had cracked down on the racist football hooligans that are running rampant over there, instead of roughing up "muslim-looking" women with their babies, de Menezes wouldn't have thought he needed to run . . .