British police shoot dead armed robber-Well done,?

Question

An armed "career" criminal has been shot dead by armed police.

I presume that this officer will now spend time being investigated for his actions-Why?he has carried out the job that I am helping to pay him for.He should be given a comendation not condemnation.

Am I the only person who could not give a toss about the death of a criminal?
anyone who is setting out to commit a crime whilst in posession of a gun is doing so with the intent of threatening or killing civilians.
The police should not give such people the chance to use their guns,these criminals want to live by the gun-let them die by the same means.

I know that it is alleged that the officer involved was responsable for shooting Mr.De Menezes.
I am also aware that Mr,De Menezes had no legal right to be in this country.
I do not accept that illegals should be shot.But if Mr De Menezes had not been illegally living here then he would not have put himself in danger.
We live in dangerous times,we need the police to act on impulse using their training,We need to trust them,The police need our support.
Anyone who is living here illegally does not deserve the protection of our laws.

Answer 1

Its a case of if the criminal wants to break the law then he takes the consequences. ALL police should be armed, that might make the toe rags think twice (thats if they have enough brain cells to think twice!) before they break the law...often endangering or stealing from honest hardworking people who stay within the law. Im sure many will bleat "victimless crime" but theres no such thing, they all have have victims in one way or another!

Answer 2

Your right so what if a criminal gets shot by a police officer, if they are brave enough to do the crime then it should be clear that the consequences of the action could be fatal.
I think the the only reason this case has hit the headlines is because one of the officers involved was also at the shooting of the Brazilian on the underground, to this day I still don't know why the Met had to apoligise to the family. He over stayed on is visa, and he went on the tube with a backpack after all the bombings, and ran when being chased.
I guess the family will have been well compensated for there loss.

Answer 3

You're not the only one that doesn't give a toss about a criminal being shot. I feel the same way. It saves some 'court cost' and 'lawyer fees' and some time and effort.
The police dept has to do an investigation to 'justify' the shooting. They have to determine that it was a 'clean shoot' and that the officer didn't over react to the situation. Criminal or not, the dead man still has a family that will protest the killing, no matter how justified it was.
There's way too many people that think 'well, my boy would never do that', or 'my friend would never do that'. But I think they're only in denial about the criminal and don't want to admit that the person is an armed and dangerous criminal.

Answer 4

You have no knowledge that Mr. de Menezes was here illegally, like most people you believe what the media says. Of course the police have a right to open fire if attacked by armed criminals but so far all we have is a version of events unproven in court. You may remember the inaccurate information about de Menezes put out by the police after he was killed,all later to be proven to be false. With your 'additional details' you are going down a very dangerous road. Many of the comments made in 'answers' reveal ignorance of 'the rule of law' as it stands in this country. Don't like it vote to change it!. 'Simon M' your version of the death of de Menezes is a travesty of the truth.

Answer 5

You think that prison is a easy peasy lemon squeasy little activity time? Hell no! I like prison better than death penalty beacause they have to spend the rest of their lives in a 9by7 cell. Everyday. A bank robber could get as much as 20 YEARS in prison. Do you know how long 20 years is??? That's being put in there while you're 25 and getting out when you are 45!!! Time doesn't pass either. While death on the other hand is ecscpaing the punishment deserved. And you think Great Britian is bad??? You obviously haven't spent a whole lot of time in America. Shootings every night. Gangs beating people to death. Drugs and alcohol with teens. Need I go on!?!?!

Answer 6

I agree. The officer concerned though will be suspended from duty until such a time as it is established he/she acted correctly in accordance with their force procedures. Seems a bit of a mockery when the only reason why someone would go armed is with the intention that they would use their weapon if it came to it.

It is only a shame for that criminal's family who are left to mourn the loss of their son/husband/dad. Maybe they are also grieving because their son/husband/dad thought so little of them that he would take a firearm into a situation where odds on armed police would attend and will probably shoot him.

Answer 7

It does'nt take much working out that the percentage of armed police is very small so it stands to reason that sooner or later the same policeman is going to be responsible for more than one death , but at the end of the day the armed cops are there to protect us from armed criminals and thats exactly what he's done and i for one wish him the best !

Answer 8

True but there still needs to be an explanation for the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a bloke not carrying a bag, wearing a thin jacket and only carrying a newspaper. There also needs to be an explanation of why so many lies were told after the event: He was wearing a thick jacket (Now known to be untrue), he was carrying a bag(Also now known to be untrue). If we don't get a good explanation then some poor sod carrying a fishing rod in London could be next!!

Answer 9

the police man had a responsibility to make every body safe but i think you dint need to kill them. cant they just shoot them in the arm or something. its such a hard things now a days because the police have been given the gun to protect others and the robber had the gun to hurt others its easy to see who the good and bad guy is. i dint think you could honestly answer this one unless you were there and saw the dangers the police man would have thought of other methods he wouldn't have just shot him. but if the robber didn't have the gun and wasn't putting others in danger then the officer wouldn't of had to shoot him.

Answer 10

Be careful how you judge this.

I somewhat agree, but you have to look at what they are looking at.

Maybe the robber was surrendering, and he shot him for no reason.

Maybe the robber had no gun. Check prints. Placement of weapon, versus how the suspect fell after shooting. Right or wrong side?

Left or right handed? Where was it found? Do they match?

Maybe it was setup. Maybe it wasn't. Maybe the cop has been known to lose it and get trigger happy.

They have to take statements and look at prior investigations.

Any shooting of a human demands investigation. That shouldn't make him/her innocent/guilty.

MUCH POWER IS IN THEIR HANDS AND THEY MUST BE CHECKED OUT!!!!!

In America most cops are put on paid leave after shooting someone until the investigation is complete.