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July 25, 2005
Oops! We'll Do It Again
It's bad enough that the British police shot and killed an innocent man in their overreaction to the terrorist attacks on London. Now they're actually telling people that it could, and probably will, happen again.
British police say more members of the public could be shot in error as they escalate their battle against terrorism and hunt for four men who tried to set off explosions on London's transport system last week. . . .
Britain's most senior policeman, Ian Blair, defended the shoot-to-kill policy for dealing with suspected suicide bombers and said police were in a race against time to find those behind last Thursday's attempted bombings of three underground trains and a bus, the second attack on the capital in two weeks.
"This is a terrifying set of circumstances for individuals to make decisions," Blair told Sky News television. "Somebody else could be shot."
Can anyone imagine a private citizen or security firm saying something like this and getting away with it? "Yeah, we shot the wrong guy, and we're probably going to do it again. Killing members of the public is the only way to protect them from being killed by terrorists." No, only the government can get away with such things . . . because the government makes the rules.
(Link courtesy Drudge Report.)
Posted by Mike Tennant at July 25, 2005 09:27 AM
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