London Police kick some ass and take some names

[Josh Seipp]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4706787.stm


Man shot dead by police on Tube
Stockwell Tube station
Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around the station
A man has been shot dead by police at Stockwell Tube station in south London, as officers hunt four bombing suspects.

Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun.

BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said there were unconfirmed reports officers at the scene had said the man shot was the Oval bomb suspect.

And armed police have cordoned off an area of Harrow Road in west London.

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[deadair]

london cops aren't TUFF!!!

 

[minxnim]

suddenly people in london are like 'ok guns aren't that bad after all....'

 

[Josh Seipp]

I think they had to break out the official LPD gun for this assignment

but uhhh seriously that's crazy can you imagine that happening on your subway car? I hear there are a bunch of police snipers in that area now and armored cars & stuff

 

[minxnim]

well in NYC usually some crackhead just shoots another crackhead so maybe it'd be nice to mix it up and have the cops shoot someone just for a switch now and then

 

[Josh Seipp]

the NYPD has like, lost their 'shooting people' privilege.

Everyone is all like WAY TO GO ENGLAND cuz they don't ever do this kind of shit, like ever

 

[Josh Seipp]

ps I'm an expert on police trends & happenings around the globe

 

[minxnim]

well you are yea of course

 

[xfer]

this is seriously CRAZY. someday they're going to make an amazing movie about all this, but right now there's so much happening behind the scenes we don't have a clue what's up. somebody was speculating that the bombs didn't go off yesterday because British intelligence had penetrated a terror cell and sold them fake explosives. and today, do we know that this was anything real? or is britain so paranoid/scared that they're gunning down pakis with coats?

i mean holy shit!

 

[xfer]

"I saw an Asian guy run onto the train hotly pursued by three plain-clothes police officers.

"One of them was carrying a black handgun - it looked like an automatic - they pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him.

"I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy - he is dead," he said.

 

[xfer]

i dunno if i saw three men without uniforms on pushing down and shooting a guy execution-style using a gun in a country where police don't usually carry guns, i would probably not think "oh good it's cops! protecting me!" right off the bat.

 

[Josh Seipp]

the Londoners I know are saying the plainclothes cops are actually MI6 since plainclothes cops in the UK don't carry handguns

from what I understand they knew the guy was involved in the botched bombing, and was wearing a bulky winter coat and had a belt with wires on it, and ignored warneings etc

 

[minxnim]

yes alex the cops over there are loose cannons just firing guns into anyone who is pakistani, especially pakistani police officers.

 

[avi]

the bobbies are off the gook!

 

[xfer]

yeah i heard the bulky coat thing earlier. as more info comes out this is all shifting rapidly too. it's so exciting!

 

[xfer]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4711021.stm

Let me amend my earlier statement. Is Britain so paranoid/scared that they're gunning down unconnected Brazilians with coats?

 

[xfer]

"I look Asian!"

 

[AndICried]

He's got red eyes, kill him!

 

[goatschool]

i don't "get" this thread, and maybe i don't want to...

 

[Josh Seipp]

yeah this just in: OOPS

I'd like to submit a formal apology