We agree? Hurrah, a happy ending!
Unless you count the guy who got shot in the head.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:50, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

Fuck him
If he didn't carry a gun and didn't fire it at the police he would still be alive. Who knows, he might have shot a couple of kids in a botched drug deal a few weeks later and people would say "Oh the police knew about him but did nothing"
( Peej, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 16:38, Reply)

Just to be clear:
I have no problem with the police shooting dead an armed man. An armed man is a danger to the police and public alike; a dead man is no threat to anyone. I'm also very happy that the PCC thoroughly investigates every discharge of a police firearm (it's important to hold the police to a high standard).
None of this should detract from the fact that the death of said man is a tragedy for his family, and it is a shame that they feel that they were not kept fully informed after his shooting.

None of the above excuses wanton destruction/looting, but if you're going to assume "da yoof" are a bunch of scumbags, no one should be surprised when they act like scumbags. Not only should those involved be held to account for their actions, but we, as a societ should seek to understand why so many young people are apparently so detatched from wider society, that they have no problem with trashing the areas that they live in (and, by extension, we should take the appropriate measures to guard against this happening in the future).

"Scumbags" is a massive oversimplification that benefits no one.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 19:44, Reply)