I had to click on the article to find out who the "Metro police" were. I was wondering if they were an part of PSNI or Police Scotland I'd not heard of.
No-one calls the Metropolitan Police that, they're the Met police (or just "the Met"), or the Metropolitan Police.
Is this the video I saw where they had pulled him over, he refused to show ID, and then drove off pushing/pulling the officer for a second?
That doesn’t mean he should be shot - but if this is the same case I’m thinking, I wouldn’t count someone with a vehicle as unarmed. It is very much is armed, ask Nice where a single rental truck killed more people than any mass shooting in the USA ever.
Seems like a different event. Wonder why they aren’t releasing it?
Point stands, if you are in a vehicle chase with police - you are armed. Period. You have a 4000lb bullet capable of intentional and unintentional death. If they got him out of the car and then shot him, that will indeed be a different thing.
In my research for this, the number of times I heard and read “he was expected to be a father in months” was over the top. The media has an angle to push, and like you said, no one has even seen the video yet.
I'm pretty disappointed in this from the Met, although I thought my opinion couldn't go lower of them they have managed it. This is not the US, any use of force by the state against citizens should be scrutinised and if warranted officers should be punished.
There have been alot of FUD about this case from the press and online but the only questions that matters is "Did the officer have reason to believe that their or another persons life was in imminent danger?" A Judge and Jury will decide that as the CPS believe there is a case to answer.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 240 ms ] threadNo-one calls the Metropolitan Police that, they're the Met police (or just "the Met"), or the Metropolitan Police.
Is this the video I saw where they had pulled him over, he refused to show ID, and then drove off pushing/pulling the officer for a second?
That doesn’t mean he should be shot - but if this is the same case I’m thinking, I wouldn’t count someone with a vehicle as unarmed. It is very much is armed, ask Nice where a single rental truck killed more people than any mass shooting in the USA ever.
Point stands, if you are in a vehicle chase with police - you are armed. Period. You have a 4000lb bullet capable of intentional and unintentional death. If they got him out of the car and then shot him, that will indeed be a different thing.
In my research for this, the number of times I heard and read “he was expected to be a father in months” was over the top. The media has an angle to push, and like you said, no one has even seen the video yet.