Witness Mark Whitby was on the train as he saw a big man wearing a large coat and "looking absolutely petrified" lurch through the doors.
Admitting to being "totally distraught", he went on: "He half-tripped, was half-pushed to the floor.
"The policeman nearest to me had the black automatic pistol in his left hand, he held it down to the guy and unloaded five shots into him."
Unconfirmed reports suggest the man was involved in Thursday's assault on the capital; it is not known if he had a bomb when shot.
If the suspect is proved to be a suicide bomber, it would mark the fifth attempted terrorist attack on London in less than a day.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We can confirm that just after 10am armed officers shot a male at Stockwell Underground station.
"A man was challenged by officers and subsequently shot. London Ambulance Service attended the scene. He was pronounced dead at the scene."
Can we expect an inquiry to find out the truth behind this shooting, or do the police(if indeed it was a police shooting) now have a licence to kill?
"There may well be reasons why the police felt it necessary to unload five shots into the man and shoot him dead, but they need to make those reasons clear," he said.
Id shoot the guy too.
RépondreSupprimerIf a policeman tells you to do something, just DO it. With terror alert as high as it is, Id rather have the police do the killing as opposed to the bombers thanks.
Don't be such a pussy, kill all of those filthy inhuman savages.
RépondreSupprimersuppose I don't like you.I shoot you. i claim to be a plainclothes member of the SAS, and no there will be no inquiry, don't be such a pussy.
RépondreSupprimerOf course this is an exagerration, but do you think police blunders never happen? That is why there are inquiries and should be.It's the nature of a democracy, unlike dictatorships such as the one 'we' took out in order to supposedly replace it with 'our' version of democracy.If we really want to spread democcracy, let's start by enforcing demcocracy at home.At the same time,let's stop supporting dictatorships abroad.
Btw, if you are willing to have a reasonable and rational debate, you are welcome.If you insist on using ad hominems, I might be forced to ignore you, or worse:DELETE YOUR MESSAGES!
Jez, it is time for you to enforce a posting policy. You can copy and paste ours, if you like...
RépondreSupprimer"If a policeman tells you to do something, just DO it."
So, they had the right to shoot a subdued Brazilian man in the back because...? He was too brown?
I dont have time for racism. And people that assume a shooting is racist because the victim is a man of colour.
RépondreSupprimerGET OVER YOURSELF.
adrian t, your anti-racism is great, but what makes you so sure there is no racism in the police force. At least on inquiry in the UK has found the police force to be 'institutionally racist'. Of course, you don't have to agree with that, but if there is racism within the population, why shouldn't there be racism within the police? The difference, of course, is that the police are in a position of responsibility, power, and example.
RépondreSupprimerI concur Jez. However, the Metropolitan Police I believe, has made great strides in opening up as much as possible to people of different ethnic origins and cultures.
RépondreSupprimerWhilst I admit, there may very well be racism within certain ranks of the service, this is far outweighed by the good and decent policemen and women in the service.
If the shooting is racially motivated, I will glady apologise and reiterate my disdain and disgust for racism. I fully agree with the inquiry itself and hope that racism was not an issue.
Racism is synonymous with ignorance. They are one and the same, but I have the utmost of faith in the police here and fully believe in their judgement. I will however, await the results of the report to find out if that faith is or is not misguided.
The fact that race motivates the actions of many, including police (as Jez points out), is entirely separate from your feelings on race. It should be readily apparent that the two issues are completely separate. As such, there is nothing I need to "get over".
RépondreSupprimerwhether the motivation was race or whatever, if the police acted improperly, they should be held accountable.
RépondreSupprimerI agree Jez.
RépondreSupprimerDJEB:
Do you even read what you write? YOU brought racism into this debate, not I. I simply responded to YOUR assumptions in an attempt to point out how ridiculous they are.
So yes, you are overly-sensitive and you do "need to get over it".
Again, your feelings on race are separate from that fact that institutional racism has been found in the London police force. There is nothing I need to "get over."
RépondreSupprimerWhatever.
RépondreSupprimerYOU brought it up. I just said its an unfair assumption. Dont paint the whole institution with the same tar brush.
If we had to get into generalisations, Id be here all day.
I didn't bring up your feelings on race. I brought up the point that Jean was likely profiled based on skin colour. Knowing what I do not only about the London police, but also others, I don't think it was an unfair question to ask.
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