Wasn't the officer that was attacked armed? I thought I had read that he did have a firearm on him, just didn't get chance to use it?
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Wasn't the officer that was attacked armed? I thought I had read that he did have a firearm on him, just didn't get chance to use it?
"Known to the police" is such a misleading term.. Maybe if they had significantly fewer people on the lists they could police them more effectively but it's clearly nonsense to believe we could ever properly keep a constant eye on everyone on the "list" there's probably not enough police officers to complete the task.
This statement got retracted later, he wasn't armed.
Ah fair enough, my mistake.
Possibly. But if he was approached from behind? Probably not.
I don't know the specifics.
Although I highly doubt the scumbag approached him advertising what he was going to do.
No mistake, if you hadn't seen the update you didn't know.
Ain't police that keep an eye on them a lot of the time - if you don't make the grade for certain roles you often get offered surveillance roles.
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Didnt the guy mow down a load of people and then get out of the car with a knife?
May have not narrated what he was about to do but i am sure the officer knew the guy was dangerous.
Waving a knife as he's running towards you is a fair indication i would have thought
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Probably best he wasn't armed, as the attacker could have got hold of the weapon.
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I imagine it all happened so quickly, at first the officer might have thought it was just a car accident before he could react to defend himself.
If he got anywhere near the crashed car before the man got out he was in danger. The US did tests about police/suspect distances and knife attacks, shows you even a gun wouldn't necessarily have saved him (if it wasn't drawn of course)
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ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed that the attacker was one of their soldiers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ested-police-raid-properties-linked-islamist/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ested-police-raid-properties-linked-islamist/
.I said I don't know specifics. However what I do know is that this whole thing happened in less than a minute.
Maybe he hit a load of people, ran away from the car (possibly in a small crowd of people panicking, caught an officer off guard (or trying to figure out what the hell has just happened) and pulled the knife out last minute?
Even if he was brandishing a knife, would an officer notice? Tens of people have just been run down on a bridge metres away, it was probably pretty chaotic.
Of course they have, whether or not the scumbag pledged allegiance to ISIS is besides the point. They will claim any attack no matter how small or big it is.
I think you need to go a read up on the news for a bit then come back to this thread, what exactly happened is already well documented
All I see is speculation about the smaller details.
2.40 car races over Westminster bridge leaving numerous injuries.
Man seen running away from car and entering new palace yard where he attacks two officers.
Seconds later he is challenged by a plain clothed officer who opens fire.
Ambulances arrive within 6 minutes.
I can't seem to find specifics on whether he approached the officers head on from behind, brandishing the knife, waiving it around, hiding it. Nor if he was shouting anything.
But more than happy to be pointed in the right direction.
I'm not saying you're wrong, I was just contesting the idea that if the officer was armed he would be alive at this moment in time.