The home secretary backed police and ordered a review of armed units after officers protested over a murder charge

The home secretary backed police and ordered a review of armed units after officers protested over a murder charge

Background on this for non-UK people -

  • Black guy shot by armed policeman whilst sitting in his own car.

  • Policeman arrested for murder, released on bail.

  • Last weekend armed police ‘strike’ by dropping their weapons because one of their own has been charged with murder

As per usual the victim is being forgotten in all of this while it turns into a massively corrupt political game.

  • @[email protected]English
    0•1 year ago

    Now I wasn’t there, and I suspect OP wasn’t either, but the narrative that he was sitting in his own car is disputed (as far as I know) and he may in fact have been using said car to try and ram police vehicles and officer who were operating a blockade to stop him.

    Armed response are few and far between so aren’t deployed lightly. If they were there it was at least under the pretext that the subject may pose a threat to life.

    Again, I wasn’t there and may be the cover story. But given the current climate around police shooting I would be surprised if the shot was a decision that was taken lightly.

    • HipPriestOP
      3•1 year ago

      I mean yeah, I wasn’t there. I’m sure there’s a lot going on with this we don’t know about as well but the narrative that certainly seems most likely from the way it’s been handled is that ‘cock up was made’. Maybe the unnamed gunman is the fall guy. Or maybe he was trigger happy.

      Either way this is being sent upstairs so far it’s now being handled by the government’s press office to all intents and purposes. Which to me speaks volumes.

      We’re working with no facts, but if they have facts that make it look less like they just shot the guy why the prosecution for murder. Not manslaughter?