Today the Met (London Metropolitan Police) apologised for the Stockwell shooting and admitted they got it wrong. Five bullets pumped into the wrong guy.
Why did he run, ignore calls to stop, leap over the ticket barrier? His intention was to escape his pursuers - Why? Was he deaf? Did he not understand English? Was he going about a relatively minor piece of mischief, such as carrying drugs or pirated CDs? Or was he one of London's vulnerable "care in the community" people - festering in an alternative reality in a dingy bedsit in Stockwell.
I will add the policeman that pumped 5 bullets into the chest of a "frightened rabbit" to my list of victims of this madness. He has to live with himself tomorrow and the day after. I want to know how they got it so wrong - is their intelligence so flimsy and unreliable? Are we just pinning tails on donkeys or have we got something to go on?
lavikingasnack
they were plain clothes police?
I think if i saw a bunch of men with guns running towards me i'd probably peg it as well.
actually, who am i kidding- i'd just give them whatever they wanted!
The whole situation is just awful, and that really was the worst case scenario- for him to have no links whatsoever with the bombings.
the unrest and tension in london is already palpable enough without knowing that, in the wrong place at the wrong time with a shade browner skin, tis could happen anywhere.
We just have to try not to be defensive with each other.
divide and conquer isn't just a film you know!
lavikinga