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Originally posted by Frira
Originally posted by Magnum007
As a police officer for over 7 years I can tell you from my experience and training that someone doesn't have to fire at me for me to shoot... If they have the :
CAPABILITY
INTENT
EQUIPMENT
to either injure seriously or kill myself or someone else, I will fire my weapon until the suspect is no longer a threat; whether it takes 1 round or all 51 I carry on me....
I will not wait for someone to actually fire before I take action. I they point the gun at me, or if they run away and I believe that they will hurt other people, I will shoot until they are not a threat anymore... If they die, too bad, they made the choice, not me...
So grow up and stop defending low life gangsters... If the officer would have let him go and he would have shot and killed someone else, you would all be screaming that we can't do our job properly and that he should have shot...
You idiots are just never satisfied...
More than likely, you have never fired your weapon on a call.
I have been shot at (fired at me, not just in my presence), and I have drawn down on bad guys. I know when to pull the trigger and when not to. I am not an executioner, and neither is a police officer.
Frankly, I think you are pretending to be a cop, putting words in the mouths of cops to suit your agenda.
But if you are one those few murderous men with guns and badges--- time to try real estate, accounting or any number of careers by which your existence is not endangering the public.
Originally posted by curious7
They also said the police marksman who shot at Duggan fired a bullet that went right through the deceased and got lodged into a police radio belonging to an officer standing behind Duggan.
It's a shame not that the man is dead because I don't know the full facts of what happened and neither do anyone else except those involved but a shame because a protest that was peaceful got hijacked and now the world sees a bunch of criminals vandalising and stealing and assume the whole country is like it, assume they're also protesting and assume that we all hate police and that we all think police are killers when we don't.
I and many others in this country have a lot of respect for the police and are siding with them on the issue of the rioting and looting. There were even locals helping clean up the mess with "Looters are scum" written on their t-shirts. That should tell you what the real British public think about the situation.
Originally posted by JennaDarling
Originally posted by curious7
They also said the police marksman who shot at Duggan fired a bullet that went right through the deceased and got lodged into a police radio belonging to an officer standing behind Duggan.
It's a shame not that the man is dead because I don't know the full facts of what happened and neither do anyone else except those involved but a shame because a protest that was peaceful got hijacked and now the world sees a bunch of criminals vandalising and stealing and assume the whole country is like it, assume they're also protesting and assume that we all hate police and that we all think police are killers when we don't.
I and many others in this country have a lot of respect for the police and are siding with them on the issue of the rioting and looting. There were even locals helping clean up the mess with "Looters are scum" written on their t-shirts. That should tell you what the real British public think about the situation.
Hijacking a peaceful protest for political reasons?
Say it isnt so.
Northern Ireland.. Check
G20 meetings, check
Seen it all before.
Originally posted by wcitizen
Originally posted by JennaDarling
Originally posted by curious7
They also said the police marksman who shot at Duggan fired a bullet that went right through the deceased and got lodged into a police radio belonging to an officer standing behind Duggan.
It's a shame not that the man is dead because I don't know the full facts of what happened and neither do anyone else except those involved but a shame because a protest that was peaceful got hijacked and now the world sees a bunch of criminals vandalising and stealing and assume the whole country is like it, assume they're also protesting and assume that we all hate police and that we all think police are killers when we don't.
I and many others in this country have a lot of respect for the police and are siding with them on the issue of the rioting and looting. There were even locals helping clean up the mess with "Looters are scum" written on their t-shirts. That should tell you what the real British public think about the situation.
Hijacking a peaceful protest for political reasons?
Say it isnt so.
Northern Ireland.. Check
G20 meetings, check
Seen it all before.
Thank you - it's great to see some people on here with their blinkers off. I've been saying the same thing repeatedly but it's as though it just slides past people's awareness. I think it challenges their world too much.
Originally posted by Suspiria
Look if you wave a gun around in this country, even a bloody toy gun you get what you deserve..
Originally posted by JennaDarling
It is nothing new... The police undercover facilitated the G20 protests to make their role more justified.
Sinn Fein / PIRA bussed in rioters from other areas for political gain every year on the 12th.
Rarely will you find a rioter from the area they are rioting in.
Originally posted by Magnum007
Originally posted by Frira
Originally posted by Magnum007
As a police officer for over 7 years I can tell you from my experience and training that someone doesn't have to fire at me for me to shoot... If they have the :
CAPABILITY
INTENT
EQUIPMENT
to either injure seriously or kill myself or someone else, I will fire my weapon until the suspect is no longer a threat; whether it takes 1 round or all 51 I carry on me....
I will not wait for someone to actually fire before I take action. I they point the gun at me, or if they run away and I believe that they will hurt other people, I will shoot until they are not a threat anymore... If they die, too bad, they made the choice, not me...
So grow up and stop defending low life gangsters... If the officer would have let him go and he would have shot and killed someone else, you would all be screaming that we can't do our job properly and that he should have shot...
You idiots are just never satisfied...
More than likely, you have never fired your weapon on a call.
I have been shot at (fired at me, not just in my presence), and I have drawn down on bad guys. I know when to pull the trigger and when not to. I am not an executioner, and neither is a police officer.
Frankly, I think you are pretending to be a cop, putting words in the mouths of cops to suit your agenda.
But if you are one those few murderous men with guns and badges--- time to try real estate, accounting or any number of careers by which your existence is not endangering the public.
I've never had to shoot, you are right. But my partner did just 2 nights ago on a guy who pointed a gun at him. It's not a question of being an executioner, it's a question of protecting yourself and the public from people who have no morals.
And yes, I am a cop. I serve proudly, honestly, and I WILL come home after EVERY shift... Have the capacity, intention, and means (equipment) to cause grievous bodily harm or death to me, my colleagues, or to someone of the public, and you won't survive.
Plain and simple
Originally posted by XLR8R
So he was a gangster?!, If he was...what's the big deal. Shoot them all I say. The less scum on this earth the better. But they should keep a couple of bullets for the crooked cops and politicians as well.
"...And you won't survive."
I did not threaten you-- you do not have permission to threaten me.
This seems to confuse you, and your judgment of another's intent is not something I trust in easily-- nor should you.