The officer pulled the trigger, 7 times if I remember correctly, end of the day the responsibility rests with him as the police, unlike the army, do not have the whole "just following orders" to the same extent
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The officer pulled the trigger, 7 times if I remember correctly, end of the day the responsibility rests with him as the police, unlike the army, do not have the whole "just following orders" to the same extent
Except it doesn't, as has been shown and explained many, many times since the incident happened.
And there was more than one officer involved, which again shows you're very well informed on this matter.
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That police sniper from the BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10536881.stm) does look pretty good, or at least the back of her head
Would you believe me if I said I knew her ?
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Ok sorry, two officers (I think) pulled the trigger a combined 7 times without attempting to assess the situation on their own.
Which is something a special forces unit, such as say the SAS, (despite having the whole follow orders) is less likely to do, as they are more likely to have the ability to make a call on the ground rather than listen to a desk jockey somewhere else.
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Ah well.
As it happens I do. I was in the same intake as her at national police training school.
Generals, policemen, politicians, aliens, chefs, experts on every subject under the sun, we have them all.
except for when they need a new swivel chair and have to ask for help !
Pics of her from the other side (with Hovis), or you lie
That would be Sue Sim, the temporary chief countess.
The should put to bed the stupid talk about her being Special Forces because she is wearing camouflage clothing!
It's probably from the training range, and I would expect even police snipers are trained while wearing camo
Pizza delivery guy? Or a local Thai ladyboy? Or a male prostitute?Video on Sky News showing police guarding a man and walking him into a farm, I wouldn't like to be that bloke
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You want me to wander into the Rothbury catchment, walk in front of [ name omitted to wind rypt up
] while she wields a silenced .308 rifle and a 9mm Glock and take a picture of her after putting a loaf of Hovis next to her ?You want me to wander into the Rothbury catchment, walk in front of [ name omitted to wind rypt up
I highly doubt that picture is an actual picture of the sniper, more likely to just be a stock photo that BBC got from somewhere ... but essentially, yes
There was video footage too.
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I must politely decline your challenge rypt, simply because I have no desire to be either shot or sectioned.
SAS are just as intelligence-led as anyone. Quick bit of education for you: The failures happened when the observation team failed to correctly identify him, weren't able to stop him from entering the tube station, and were asked to provide "a percentage of certainty that he's a viable threat". The firearms team, unfortunately in this instance, did their job exactly as required. They were told he was the target, and they were instructed to deal with him accordingly. What do you think the SAS would have done better/differently?
Perhaps we need to do away with the police and just get 140,000 SAS members on our streets. You seem to think they're better at absolutely everything.
Not rely on the useless police intelligence (or MI5 for that matter), who had these men talking to other men of interest, had the men running around with backpacks, and so on and did nothing, though nothing, etc.
And in English?
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What about approaching and waving an OCUK banner of peace, and explain out loud that you're from the internet...