What if he genuinely feared for his life (proven correct you know by him being dead) then by the silly pro-police logic here then him ramming their cars was self-defence.
They weren’t statements, they were questions. Police officers handing back weapon permits because one of their own has been taken to task for what the CPS have deemed a potential murder. What do these other officers want? Immunity to shoot whoever they deem a threat?
viewpoint probably formed because they know more about the case than we do - and are familiar with the environment on engagement.
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That's for Thames Valley. I'm sure I've read that unless you're on diplomatic or government close protection you get no extra pay as a Firearms Permit holder in the Met.
but, but, but he only had a split second what if he genuinely thought that they were there to murder him what if, what if.Are you seriously suggesting that ramming the police was his only option to try to avoid being shot, rather than just... you know, stopping the car and following their commands?
if you actually knew any firearms officers you would appreciate that they wouldn’t be doing this unless they believed it was a good shoot and the officer concerned was being thrown under the bus.
This is correct. You don't get any extra pay for being a firearms officer. Pay only changes with rank. Source: my dad is a firearms officer for the met
If they've done everything right, they have nothing to worry about, right ? they should be professional and wait for the full story to come out at the court case. funny how the public are expected to live by those rules, but not these police officers.You know he didn't genuinely think that, and I (and everyone else on this board) knows you know that, so why try to play dumb?
There's "what ifs and misguided beliefs", and then there's the mental gymnastics required to state someone trying to escape from police attacked them in self-defence
The fact you're repeatedly using language such as "having a temper tantrum" just proves you've already made your mind up about the situation due to prejudices against the police. You seem incapable of seeing it from their point of view, which is that they've just found out they could be facing murder charges purely for doing voluntary extra duties, even if they do them correctly.
Would you volunteer to be a fire marshal at work if you were told one day that if there ever was a fire, you'd be facing a murder charge for anyone who didn't make it out, regardless of whether you did everything right? Of course not, you'd have to be an absolute idiot to take on that risk.
In theory yes, because if so, it likely wouldn't make it as far as a murder charge in the first place - like most police shootings.
I’d take a stab in the dark the reason so many have turned their tickets in is they think the CPS lowered the charging freshhold in this one case because of political pressure..
I reckon that every time someone dies on the operating table the surgeon should be charged with murder, after all:
I shouldn’t of bothered typing mine now I’ve just seen this.How could they be thrown under the Bus when the police and criminal justice system is so infallible that no one working within it should ever be questioned over their actions ?
