Stockwell - What would you have done?

[jampots]

I asked this on hte other thread but dont think anyone's answered it yet so What Would you have done if you had been making the decision in that split second?

Certainly will have a knock on effect with tourism in Britain. Brazilian man comes to London and is shot five times.

Terrible situation, feel sorry for everybody involved, the people who shot him must be feeling terrible right now. And obviously the man's family must be devastated.

I do think the five times is a bit excessive. (just my opinion). Surely if you were in a crowd of people and a man was on the floor and he was shot just once, you'd run as far away as possible. And if bombs are detonated by having to touch them, if a man is lying on the ground not moving, surely you should not shoot unless he attempts to move.

couldn't get to sleep last night thinking about this poor bloke. why didn't he stop? what a terrible environment we now all have to live in.

ruty- they were plain clothed- ie men in jeans and trainers running towards him carrying guns (in Stockwell- which must have ine the highest rates of gun crime in the UK)- I would have run as well.

Think people have been known to survive upto 3 shots in the head. If he went to move (and was a bomber) may not be enough time to then effectively disable him. Maybe?

I think he was shot in teh neck (not that that makes much difference)

Apparently they are told to shoot twice in the head, once at the top of the spine and once at the bottom.

fuzzywuzzy, I would have thought they couldn't risk shooting him from afar - if they suspected him of carrying a bomb then they would have to shoot at close range, and yes, they would pile on top of him, because at the end of the day, they are police and they are here to protect the public, so better that they get blown to bits rather than innocent bystanders. I didn't know til reading these various threads this morning that his name and address were in one of the rucksacks found - that is a bit odd to say the least. There is obviously alot more to this that we know at this stage.

Not his name, Dahlia - just the address. It was a rooming house probably.

Well, still odd.

its just all too horrifying. to think he didn't realise they were policemen, and then for that to happen - i'm speechless.

By emmatmg on Sunday, 24 July, 2005 10:51:18 AM

heard on the BBC news that this morning that his name and address was found in one of the rucsacks found at one of the scenes.

but they are saying he is innocent and not connected to the bombings aren't they?

Yeah, they are saying that now, but who knows what info they were working with at the time. I mean, there's no way on this earth that they would have shot him like they did unless they had something pretty strong to go on.