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theres always the case of the Armed Irishman in London who turned out to be armed with a table leg who managed to get shot in the back by all accounts, it happens all over the police firearms officers all threatened to go on strike (well hand in their weapons and refuse any armed action) unless no action was taken over the officers involved.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Dec 10th, 2008 at 09:11:22 AM EST
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And let's not forget Mr De Menezes, and the coroner's intervention which guaranteed that unlawful killing wasn't an acceptable verdict.

If you give cops guns and fuel them up with paranoia and TV fantasies, you get dead people.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Dec 10th, 2008 at 02:24:09 PM EST
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I missed that one. What did the coroner do, exactly?

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 10th, 2008 at 02:57:59 PM EST
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declared that the Jury could not bring in a verdict of Unlawful Killing as the evidence didn't warrant it,

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Dec 10th, 2008 at 03:37:29 PM EST
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