Explosions in London?

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/22/2005, 12:22 am

I'm so glad to hear nobody got hurt this time, though.

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 7/22/2005, 12:51 pm

So today armed police chased some guy onto a tube train and shot him dead. This just isn't the kind of thing that happens here at all - the police aren't even armed - they have special ones for that. It's just all wierd. They seem pretty sure he was connected with yesterday's attacks from what I've heard, but yeah, it's all a bit surreal.

Also, that bus they tried to blow up yesterday is right outside the house/flat of someone I used to work with!!

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 7/22/2005, 12:56 pm

shoot first, ask questions later? :O

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 7/22/2005, 1:05 pm

Well the first thing that went through my head was 'omg I hope he wasn't innocent'. But the police are saying that he was connected with yesterday's events but not one of the 4 bombers. I think they'd been following him from his house cos you wouldn't have that many armed policemen just hanging around for no reason.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 7/22/2005, 1:10 pm

true
but i would like to think that theres a better way to go about atleast proving his guilt heh

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 7/22/2005, 1:43 pm

Yeah, they must have thought he was an actual threat to the underground, because he could have been more useful interrogated and such.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/22/2005, 2:21 pm

Well usually that many armed policemen don't chase someone down and shoot them unless they are a pretty big threat. If he was innocent why would he have run? Better yet why run into the subway? I wonder what his connection was though.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/22/2005, 6:52 pm

Soozy wrote:Well the first thing that went through my head was 'omg I hope he wasn't innocent'. But the police are saying that he was connected with yesterday's events but not one of the 4 bombers. I think they'd been following him from his house cos you wouldn't have that many armed policemen just hanging around for no reason.

I had heard (and maybe you can confirm/deny this), that he was wearing a bulging coat, and was jumping over the turnstile (or whatever you folks have over there)...

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 7/22/2005, 7:05 pm

I don't know what to make of all that has happened the last two days.

It is just scary how something like this can happen so soon after something happened two weeks ago. or 7-7 as they are calling it here.. Thank GOD nobody was hurt, but the thought someone could of been is too much..

I also heard they shot someone today.. That apparently he was part of a terrorist cell and like AXTECH said was wearing a large coat. I haven't really watch the news today.. I heard it this morning on the radio..

They now put into effect in NYC random searches on trains.. Honestly I don't feel this will help much.. These people unfortunately will do their dirty work.. That is what is scary in itself..

I just can't believe what is happening in London now..

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/23/2005, 2:39 am

Why can't everybody just leave everybody else alone on their own land? :no:

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 7/23/2005, 1:38 pm

:|

London — The man shot and killed on a subway car by London police in front of horrified commuters apparently had nothing to do with this month's bombings on the city's transit system, police said Saturday in expressing their regrets.

later on....

The man, whose identity has not been released, was shot Friday at a subway station in the south London neighbourhood of Stockwell. Witnesses said the man appeared to be South Asian and was wearing a heavy padded coat when police chased him into a subway car, pinned him to the ground and shot him in the head and torso.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... rnational/

i swear.. im gonna start wearing shorts and t-shirt everywhere i go. regardless of temp

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 7/23/2005, 2:40 pm

nikki4982 wrote:Why can't everybody just leave everybody else alone on their own land?

because people suck and we would have been better off as monkeys. damn evolution!

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 7/23/2005, 3:13 pm

Fuck.

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 7/23/2005, 4:51 pm

I just want to add reading some of these post and from a carton/illustration in today's papar. it is unfare to call all "ISLAM" terrorist because of extremist out there..

Then the Bombing in Egypt early this morning. It is getting scary now.. I am a peaceful person but I am beginning to sort of see why people want to just bomb the countries the extremist come from.. Then again would that really solve anything?... Something has to be done about these cells and soon. What do we do though? Bombing the coutries they come from is not the answer. THere seems to be no real answers here. It is sad how we just can't co-exist.. There is no need for wars over religion or politics which is the main cause of most if not all wars..

My prayers go out to all who are suffering now.. Too many are in pain now over all of this.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 7/24/2005, 12:56 am

Dr. Hobo wrote:
Witnesses said the man appeared to be South Asian and was wearing a heavy padded coat when police chased him into a subway car, pinned him to the ground and shot him in the head and torso.

... why would they shoot him AFTER they ALREADY had him PINNED?!?!

Those cops need to be fired and thrown into jail.

Korzic · Post by **Korzic** » 7/24/2005, 1:18 am

Maybe he looked like he was going for something in his coat?

Also if he HAD been a bomber... the cops would have been heroes.

hindsight is always 20/20

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 7/24/2005, 1:57 am

"Shoot Now, Ask Questions Later"
The Soviet Union has embedded itself in the UK, me thinks.

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 7/24/2005, 6:45 am

I normally defend officers in situations like this but if they in fact had the man "pinned" there was no reason to shoot him in the head.

The only rationality I can think of is that he wasn't "pinned" in the physical sense but more or less cornered with no place left run. If that was the case and he indeed reached inside his coat (perhaps to trigger a bomb?) then the officers had no choice. With the heightened concern over suicide bombers, it is a legitimate reaction.

We won't know for sure until more details are released. But, put yourself in the officers' shoes. What would you have done?

AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 7/24/2005, 9:41 am

He might've been pinned in the sense that he couldn't get up and run away, but not in the sense that he couldn't move at all. If he was a bomber with something under his coat that he could reach, just threatening him or waving a gun in his face wouldn't really help.