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i just read the news: "Shot man not connected to bombing"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4711021.stm
poor guy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4711021.stm
poor guy
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Well as I recall there is only one park near that station (Larkhall maybe?) and being that it is not a hugely crowded section of London, I would imagine the park isn't as populated as a tube station would be. Parks can also provide plenty of cover for criminal activities anyway (though that's more of a problem at night).
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Yeah, turns out he was brazilian. So, he was wearing a coat because... he was cold. Nice.
I guess his english wasn't great, either. The fact is, in England (where almost all policemen are uniformed (even the detectives) and very few are armed), a plain clothes man with gun is not likely to be a policeman.
He could have been running because he hadn't paid for his ticket, he could have been running because he didn't understand them, he could have been running because he didn't believe them... all kinds of reasons.
The only good thing to come of this is that it happened so publicly. The police cannot forget it, and so it won't happen so often in future. They have been reminded that the British public value freedom and just govenment more than we value security. That's a message the American public may want to make clear to their leadership, too.
I guess his english wasn't great, either. The fact is, in England (where almost all policemen are uniformed (even the detectives) and very few are armed), a plain clothes man with gun is not likely to be a policeman.
He could have been running because he hadn't paid for his ticket, he could have been running because he didn't understand them, he could have been running because he didn't believe them... all kinds of reasons.
The only good thing to come of this is that it happened so publicly. The police cannot forget it, and so it won't happen so often in future. They have been reminded that the British public value freedom and just govenment more than we value security. That's a message the American public may want to make clear to their leadership, too.
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