tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post112214637961464634..comments2024-03-27T23:59:49.801+00:00Comments on Stoat: Shoot to Kill?William M. Connolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-1122289525781706042005-07-25T11:05:00.000+00:002005-07-25T11:05:00.000+00:00Still rather murky as of this morning. According t...Still rather murky as of this morning. According to the Grauniad, although the police admitted he had done no wrong, they then then clammed up about everything else. Including such obvious stuff as... if this was such a problem, why was he trailed across London before shooting? If no warning could be given, how come they were chasing him?<BR/><BR/>Nice letter in the paper: if its now a capital offence to run away from people who merely *say* they are police (but of course in the circumstances can't stop to present verifiable ID), will muggers take to saying "stop police!"?<BR/><BR/>And it looks (typical new-Labour weasel-speak) that "Shoot to Kill" has been renamed "Shoot to Kill to Protect".William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7612793.post-1122161956593795282005-07-23T23:39:00.000+00:002005-07-23T23:39:00.000+00:00>"So why is Blair asserting that a warning was giv...>"So why is Blair asserting that a warning was given"<BR/><BR/>Maybe a 'warning' to stop was issued as he entered the station but he ran for the train. If so, we still do not know whether he heard the warning...<BR/><BR/>Is there enough of a difference between 'shoot to kill' and 'shoot to protect' to accept the later while condeming the former?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com