Penelope Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 A man with a crossbow shot dead. Two others injured. Man with crossbow shot dead by police in London - BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 I wonder how many languages they are obliged to shout "Armed Police, drop your weapon" in nowadays ? 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoli 12 guage Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 1 hour ago, Westley said: I wonder how many languages they are obliged to shout "Armed Police, drop your weapon" in nowadays ? 🙄 i doubt it matters when the 5.56 hits centre mass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 Good on them, shoot 1st then ask questions. Hope there is not a enquiry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 18 minutes ago, billytheghillie said: Good on them, shoot 1st then ask questions. Hope there is not a enquiry. There will be, they love to waste tax payer's money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 2 hours ago, billytheghillie said: Good on them, shoot 1st then ask questions. Hope there is not a enquiry. There is nothing more certain than an enquiry. The Officer concerned will also be grounded, if not suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 Yeah but how do you see the situation where some bloke rang up and said that he was armed and was going to shoot himself and plod zoomed off out there and ended up shooting him.??? Did they have a negligent discharge OR... did they think,,, well he's going to shoot himself so we'll have a bit of realism target practice or some other random idea. Surely the idea should have been to calm the situation and get the bloke to stand down and get help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 3 minutes ago, Minky said: Yeah but how do you see the situation where some bloke rang up and said that he was armed and was going to shoot himself and plod zoomed off out there and ended up shooting him.??? Did they have a negligent discharge OR... did they think,,, well he's going to shoot himself so we'll have a bit of realism target practice or some other random idea. Surely the idea should have been to calm the situation and get the bloke to stand down and get help. Are you a snowflake? Thats whats wrong with this country too soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 Quote Surely the idea should have been to calm the situation and get the bloke to stand down and get help. When he has rung up, saying he is armed and going to kill himself, I think it was past the point of a chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 2 hours ago, billytheghillie said: Good on them, shoot 1st then ask questions. exactly why Charles meneze is dead and taxpayers £100,000 poorer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudger687 Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 Place your bets on calls to ban crossbows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 4 minutes ago, clangerman said: exactly why Charles meneze is dead and taxpayers £100,000 poorer! And we will be more than £100,000 poorer when we have to keep them in the life of luxury. i.e. jail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 4 minutes ago, billytheghillie said: And we will be more than £100,000 poorer when we have to keep them in the life of luxury. i.e. jail! prison is a necessary cost to punish the guilty not a £100,000 that could have been saved by asking questions first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 52 minutes ago, billytheghillie said: Are you a snowflake? Thats whats wrong with this country too soft. Billy, steady now. That attitude is back to the dark ages. Just because someone is in a hole of depression it is generally a call for help. IF the guy was walking the streets taking pot shots at people then fair enough drop him but what does it matter how long it takes to talk him out of it and yield. There is no justification for just going out and splogging the bloke. This just leads to more problems like Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes. They just went out and shot the bloke in the head in front of a carriage of passengers. He was a. Electrician. Then there was the bloke who had a chair leg tied to his pushbike crossbar they shot. And the bloke in Hastings who was naked in bed who was shot because they thought that he was armed.?? What with.? A banana.? Think about it. It could be you. 59 minutes ago, Gordon R said: When he has rung up, saying he is armed and going to kill himself, I think it was past the point of a chat. So why did have plod had to go out there shooting. Unless he is a danger to others. He may not have had a weapon. He may have laid it down or sadly shot himself but that would have been his choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted January 30, 2024 Report Share Posted January 30, 2024 Quote So why did have plod had to go out there shooting. Unless he is a danger to others. He may not have had a weapon. He may have laid it down or sadly shot himself but that would have been his choice. Are you in possession of more facts than the rest of us? You are blaming the Police without any knowledge whatsoever. By the way, they are the Police, not the disrespectful "plod". Your choice of word suggests an attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 6 hours ago, clangerman said: exactly why Charles meneze is dead and taxpayers £100,000 poorer! Not quite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 Some have gone a little off topic here. The man recently shot by police had broken into somebody’s house and was threatening the occupants with a crossbow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 Apologies if I offended anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 (edited) WHY did the Police not try to shoot his trigger finger ? This would have prevented him from firing the crossbow ? Yes, the idiots have taken over the asylum.........I'm out 🙄 Edited January 31, 2024 by Westley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 11 minutes ago, Westley said: WHY did the Police not try to shoot his trigger finger ? This would have prevented him from firing the crossbow ? Yes, the idiots have taken over the asylum.........I'm out 🙄 The Lone Ranger was not real you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 Hello, Would a Taser not have been more appropriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 3 minutes ago, London Best said: The Lone Ranger was not real you know? There is always someone who has to spoil things 😀😀 me and my big brother. Were Cisco and Pancho , I had to play the part of the little fat one 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 Just now, johnphilip said: There is always someone who has to spoil things 😀😀 me and my big brother. Were Cisco and Pancho , I had to play the part of the little fat one 😀 I got to be Cisco, because my sis was younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 The only people who know the truth were those involved at the scene, it does sound odd and uncoordinated though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted January 31, 2024 Report Share Posted January 31, 2024 I see the usual suspects have come out with their brilliant, Hollywood inspired ideas. De Menzes has been mentioned again, by people who’ve clearly done zero reading on the subject. It can’t be long before someone suggests the officer “should of (sic) fired a warning shot above their head”. On a forum where people are supposed to understand the realities of firearms. It would be comical if it wasn’t so worrying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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