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Well they say he tried to run them over. Interested to see where this goes.
mightymoyes
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so in all likelihood the opposite happened
Who knows. If they had body cameras on that would show what happened.
100+ armed response police* have handed in their 'ticket' today and rescinded their responsibility to carry a fire arm. Quite amazing timing huh. official story link when it lands.
Chris Kaba: Home secretary orders review into armed policing
The home secretary's move follows the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in London.
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Chris Kaba: Home secretary orders review into armed policing
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Chris Kaba was hit by a gunshot fired by a Met officer into the vehicle he was driving
Suella Braverman has said armed police must not fear "ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties" after a marksman was charged with murder.
The home secretary ordered a review into armed policing after dozens of officers in London handed in their weapons, saying they were worried about the murder charge.
Unarmed Chris Kaba, 24, died after he was shot in south London last year.
A Metropolitan Police officer appeared in court on Thursday.
Ms Braverman said on Sunday that officers have to make "split-second decisions" and risk "their lives to keep us safe".
The Met said many firearms officers were "worried" about how the charging decision "impacts on them".
A source suggested that more than 100 officers have handed in what is known as a ticket permitting them to carry firearms.
Armed officers from other forces are being deployed as a contingency measure.
The force said its own officers still make up the vast majority of armed police in the capital, but they were being supported by a limited number of firearms officers from neighbouring forces.
Ms Braverman said people "depend on our brave firearms officers to protect us".
"In the interest of public safety they have to make split-second decisions under extraordinary pressures."
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She said that officers have her "full backing".
"I will do everything in my power to support them," she added.
Mr Kaba died after a police operation in Streatham Hill on 5 September 2022.
He was hit by a gunshot fired by a Met Police officer into the vehicle he was driving and died in hospital the following day, an inquest was told.
The construction worker was months away from becoming a father when he was shot.
His death prompted a number of protests, particularly among London's black communities.
On Saturday, the Met said firearms officers were concerned that the Crown Prosecution Service bringing a charge against the officer "signals a shift in the way the decisions they take in the most challenging circumstances will be judged".
"A number of officers have taken the decision to step back from armed duties while they consider their position. That number has increased over the past 48 hours," the spokesperson said.
The Met added it has a "significant firearms capability and we continue to have armed officers deployed in communities across London as well as at other sites including Parliament, diplomatic premises, airports etc".
"If we are going to be subject to abiding by the laws of this country, get someone else to do your dirty work"*Chris Kaba: Home secretary orders review into armed policing
The home secretary's move follows the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in London.
Pigs!
If you slowed down, you wouldn’t have got the speeding ticket.
Do you blame the officers at the scene for de Menezes or the clear and well-evidenced failings of those higher up the chain of command?
mightymoyes
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Cressida Dick you mean. The woman who made failing upwards an art form
Well, yes. But there were other serious failings. The surveillance team - part of E4A (E-4-Alpha) - with a seconded trooper made clear failings at Scotia Road.
These catalogue of failings combined to create the fateful shooting under the Kratos/Beach protocols.
'I was just following orders' didn't go down to well at Nuremberg either.
That's a crass comparison, and you know it. If you read the report, incorrect intelligence went up the chain and incorrect and fateful decisions were made of it.
The officers on the ground were provided with their legal orders to stop him, as per the Kratos guidelines, which they did.
To their best knowledge, he was a suicide bomber and a genuine threat to life, hence why they've never faced prosecution and I sincerely believe they never will.
The blame sits firmly with the commanders. It's like the time that Dave lambasted the officer for neutralising Usman Khan on London Bridge.
He didn't have a suicide vest, yet he genuinely believed he did and had reasonable grounds to do so. As per Kratos (again), it was a legally justified action.
Chris Kaba is a different case entirely.
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all's I see is a racist, misogynistic, homophobic, corrupt institution. An institution proud about those elements. Murderers.
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