noyhauser
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First off Bossell I don't think that you can easily tell whether he was carrying a bomb or not. Hamas, LTTE and Islamic Jihad suicide bombers have made incredibly effective bombs that are very easy to conceal with buttons that could be concealed under a belt. So he may well have been carrying a weapon.
Secondly he wasn't just chased by painclothed policemen. Each metropolitan tube Station are just crawling with Transport and Metropolitan police officers, especially the large ones. So I doubt that all twenty officers were plain clothed. I have sympathy for the family, but to be honest I think that it was his failure to stop that
was the cause of his death. Yes the Police made a mistake when they thought he was a suspect because he lived in the same flat as other suspected terrorists, but
he should have stopped. Its that clear. The lack of a public outrage is because most people agree with that in the UK. Had he been gunned down innocently walking the street the outrage I think would have been far more visible. but because he ran, then INTO a train, most people think its a shame but his fault.
Lastly, I don't believe this has had the effects that you believe. The UK has lived with shoot to kill for quite some time. It was a clear policy during the height of IRA terrorism. Secondly, put into the same situation not knowing what we do now, I would hazard to guess that most police officers even before 9/11 would have done the same.
Secondly he wasn't just chased by painclothed policemen. Each metropolitan tube Station are just crawling with Transport and Metropolitan police officers, especially the large ones. So I doubt that all twenty officers were plain clothed. I have sympathy for the family, but to be honest I think that it was his failure to stop that
was the cause of his death. Yes the Police made a mistake when they thought he was a suspect because he lived in the same flat as other suspected terrorists, but
he should have stopped. Its that clear. The lack of a public outrage is because most people agree with that in the UK. Had he been gunned down innocently walking the street the outrage I think would have been far more visible. but because he ran, then INTO a train, most people think its a shame but his fault.
Lastly, I don't believe this has had the effects that you believe. The UK has lived with shoot to kill for quite some time. It was a clear policy during the height of IRA terrorism. Secondly, put into the same situation not knowing what we do now, I would hazard to guess that most police officers even before 9/11 would have done the same.