Gavinmad
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No shit. People would have stood around and watched in shock if the same thing had happened here in america.
black islamist beheads British soldier in London
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Big Phoenix
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Bystander effect my ass. You stand around while some crazed asshole is hacking off some dudes head in the middle of the road you deserve to be next in line.
Of course a bunch of unarmed civilians should go up against a pair of loons who have just ran over someone, jumped out of their car and hacked their victim to death. They each were dual wielding knives/cleavers (some reports say one of them also had a handgun but until footage appears of it, it doesn't count) and covered in their victims blood. What could possibly go wrong?
If you have seen the ITV footage some of the bystanders have gone over to the victim and are seeing what they can do for him, bugger all no doubt but at least they tried even while the offending pair are milling around shouting their nonsense only 10-20 feet away. That's true courage, not your board warrior bullshit.
Edit: A newspaper speaks to one of the women pictured, she says the one who was willing to talk on film had a gun as well as various knives and butcher toolshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...n-tonight.html
If you have seen the ITV footage some of the bystanders have gone over to the victim and are seeing what they can do for him, bugger all no doubt but at least they tried even while the offending pair are milling around shouting their nonsense only 10-20 feet away. That's true courage, not your board warrior bullshit.
Edit: A newspaper speaks to one of the women pictured, she says the one who was willing to talk on film had a gun as well as various knives and butcher toolshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...n-tonight.html
I'm not blaming the average citizen walking down the street for being unarmed at all...but why are there sworn London police officers that do not carry? Like, really...an unarmed cop in one of the world's largest cities.
At least don't send them to respond to reports of a grisly meat cleaver attack. I'm not going to question the guys with the funny hats on refusing to smile at children in front of the palace, but that shit yesterday was the real thing. Murder in the streets and the first cops that show up have no guns. I guess they're lucky only one person was killed.
At least don't send them to respond to reports of a grisly meat cleaver attack. I'm not going to question the guys with the funny hats on refusing to smile at children in front of the palace, but that shit yesterday was the real thing. Murder in the streets and the first cops that show up have no guns. I guess they're lucky only one person was killed.
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Last poll the BBC ran showed that a large majority of Police did not wish to be armed if given the option. The vote was then broken down to numerous reasons such as:The Risk of Elevation of Hostilities, The Wrongfulness of Taking life, Being Held to the Same Civil Standards as Citizens.
This was shortly after Aurora or Newtown.
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Eomer
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Because for the most part, it's not necessary. If the UK didn't have a murder rate a quarter of what it is in the US, you might have a modicum of a point. I think if anything it's admirable that many of their police don't need to be armed to the teeth. Even in this particular case, armed police or citizens would have done nothing to change the end result: dude was going to be dead no matter what.
Cutlery
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Well, this certainly steps up the game some. I mean, running a dude down with a car, then jumping out and hacking him to bits for no apparent reason other than "Islam, fuck yeah!" really raises the bar.
Maybe it is time to get that conceal & carry shit done. Fucking A.
Maybe it is time to get that conceal & carry shit done. Fucking A.
Their instructions were most likely shoot to wound. They are not the army and therefore don't wish to kill other humans, despite what they may have done.
There is little appetite to have an armed police force, many police don't want them and the public don't want them.
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Vaclav
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The people casually walking by with their phones out didn't really look terrorized to me. Perhaps we should stop calling this guy an Islamic terrorist, and just what he is - a maniac.
Didn't you hear him talking about Islam and Allah? I did. I mean just look how brown he is.