...previously held on attempted murder, a known criminal, had been witnessed collecting a gun, which he got out of the car with when confronted by armed police. But apparently shooting him was unlawful, and he's some sort of model citizen. At least all his mates in Tottenham had fun provoking a nation wide riot...
About Duggan, obviously he was a bit of a so called "gangster", but the whole fuss was about shooting an un-armed man. Maybe he did have a gun and threw it away, maybe the gun was planted, maybe the police are covering their own backs (I have no idea, I'm starting to sound like Racer X, shit), at the end of the day when he was shot dead he didn't have a gun on his person. It doesn't matter what he was in the past or still was, shooting an unarmed man (even if he did throw the gun away 5 seconds earlier) is not cool whichever way you look at it. Maybe he had it coming, but that's for the courts to decide. And, of course, an impartial jury decided it was a lawful killing, although it is completely within my rights to disagree with that conclusion (without knowing all the facts of course).
In America, an armed cop shooting a suspected "dickhead" wouldn't even make page 20 of the paper, over here it caused that much fuss that all armed cops are now going to have basically Gopro's strapped to them constantly so they are completely accountable for their actions. This is a very good thing.
Don't think I'm defending the rioting either, far from it. We in Scotland sat back laughing while watching England going absolutely bonkers . We're supposed to be the violent ones too!
Oh, and about that ****ing nutcase Tory/UKIP bible bashing idiot, please do not think he represents even a tiny slice of our country. Anyway, it's not like any other country isn't filled with the same nutjobs spewing their vile rhetoric, although probably not in The Netherlands where everybody is too busy getting stoned and making dance music .
LOLZ, "I'm starting to sound like Racer X", wot, you mean, actually thinkng and looking at reality rather than sticking your head in a bag and smelling roses......?????
( Not an accurate quote, but the real one may not be family friendly !)
Relax mate, just a friendly joke, I would be more shocked if the cops didn't protect their own and fudge things rather than actually telling the truth in court. Everybody else lies in court anyway so why not people defending their friends.
You never know Becky, maybe weather is what made Scawen bin his tyre model and start again .