Ok probably be flamed for this, but sick to death of all the namby pamby skirting around the issues that seem to happen all the time.
Remember the court of law jury had all the evidence, all you hear is sound bites on the TV or radio.
1. He was a known problem with history
2. Intelligence was obtained he had a gun
3. He had a gun when stopped, one can only assume it was for criminal intend why else would he have one
4. He was given plenty of warnings and failed to comply
5. He was shot when he made threatening moves having known to have a gun.
6. The officer acted within the law.
This is what the Jury decided in our over careful criminal system.
No matter what the outcome was, the locals shouting about the outcome of the enquiry (mainly black) will never accept this and will claim racism etc.
Let's get this right, it is fine for the youngster / gangsters to go around shooting each other and innocents, but if the police dare to stop an armed man and shot him when he fails to act to instructions and acts threateningly it is not ok ?
At the end of the day, he was involved in the wrong side of the law / community and had a gun on our streets for criminal intent.
Well done to the police and the community should look at themselves rather than the police.
As for his mother and what to tell his kids when they ask why their daddy is dead (on radio 5 live). Simple. Tell them he was a bad man and was punished for it.
Another typical example of run down inner city communities wanting to blame everyone but themselves.
