Man shot dead in Stockwell unconnected to terror inquiry

[QueenOfQuotes]

Just seen a ticker on the BBC website saying that

[QueenOfQuotes]

not much info yet

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[Janh]

I bet he was new to the country, feeling cold and doesn't speak English. Shit.

[QueenOfQuotes]

bbc link

[ChaCha]

What?
Are they saying they shot a man in cold blood for NO REASON?
I don't get it...what is going on???

[QueenOfQuotes]

You know what - I was wearing 'winter' like clothes on Thursday too - it was quite a bit colder here than it had been on other days.

very

[Ameriscot2005]

It't pretty stupid to mess with the police in the current climate.

[ChaCha]

I think i've missed something...what has winter clothing got to do with the shooting..pls explain.

[QueenOfQuotes]

he caused suspicion apparently as he was wearing a thick winter jacket.

Americscot - we don't know he was messing with the police. If he didn't speak much English, and was late for a train or something - on the occasions I've been in London I've seen plenty of people in a rush jumping over the barriers........we just don't know do we.

[ChaCha]

OMG!!!!!

[WigWamBam]

They killed an innocent man as he lay on the ground - because he had ignored them and was wearing thick clothing?

I think we all need to be very worried.

[Roobie]

Perhaps he did a runner for some other reason such as drug possession etc ... to then end up being shot in the head! . But you can understand why the police acted as they did though.

[Ameriscot2005]

But he was being followed by undercovered police from his home to the tube station...

[QueenOfQuotes]

These quotes are taken from here

"Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said the shooting was "directly linked" to the ongoing London bombs inquiry."

"The man was under police observation because he had emerged from a house that was being watched following Thursday's attacks, a Scotland Yard spokesman said.

He was followed by surveillance officers to Stockwell station, where his clothing and behaviour added to their suspicions, he added. "

[WigWamBam]

Suspicions are all very well, but to shoot someone 5 times in the head when he hadn't actually done anything to even merit being arrested for is a disgrace.

[Roobie]

I think it is a tragedy but in the current climate it's hard to think what alternative the police had when faced with someone they already had under surveillance doing a runner from them onto a tube train.

[tortoiseshell]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. What if they hadn't shot him and he detonated a massive bomb as he lay there and it transpired the police were a)armed and b) suspicious

[morningpaper]

Don't understand why they didn't stop him as soon as he entered the station? Or fired a warning shot? It's a bit worrying.

[hercules]

It would be awful if it turns out he was innocent and I guess who ever did the shooting is going to have to live with that. However, I can inderstand that the police were working under incredibly difficult circumstances and I assume thought he had a bomb he was intending to detonate so by killing lots of people. If that was the case it would have been unforgivable not to shoot him.

[Caligula]

We don't know what really happened, because according to PM, the police have changed the story 3 times since it happened.

Maybe he was a failed asylum seeker and thought they were immigration officials? Or a tax dodger and thought they were revenue men? Who knows?

[Caligula]

At least now anyone who gets warned by the police will know that they'd better stop - like immediately.

[peacedove]

I have a condition; feel cold most of the time, specially when there is a breeze, which is always there near a transport.

I have always worn Anoraks, thick overcoats...

Does it mean I should say goodbye to the world?

[morningpaper]

Well if you look slightly Asian or you're a Muslim, or you live anywhere in south London, I'd AVOID BIG JACKETS.

[snafu]

Just heard this. Am appalled if it is true. But wasn't he followed from one of ths houses they were watching?

[snafu]

Sorry, haven't read thread, you've already said that.