This 'Ere Raid in Forest Gate

[bogeyman]

At the moment I'm more interested to know why the Police shot this guy ? (if they did).

Possibly...

1) Gun aimed by copper at 'bloke A'

2) 'Bloke B' struggles with copper holding gun

3) BANG! 'bloke A' shot in shoulder

[meridian]

Possibly...

1) Gun aimed by copper at 'bloke A'

2) 'Bloke B' struggles with copper holding gun

3) BANG! 'bloke A' shot in shoulder

Or just as likely...

1) Young copper high on adrenalin and testosterone barges into flat, certain that there is a cyanide-suicide-type plot inside because his senior officer said so

2) Brown bloke stumbles down stairs to see what the commotion is, carrying nothing more dodgy than a toothbrush

3) BANG! 'bloke A' only shot in the shoulder instead of the head because copper can't point straight

[Tex]

Hey Fool

You've been watching too many episodes of the A-Team, Bogey.

[sunnysan]

Context

Well if you think about it there are many countries in the world where unprovoked authorities can barge into your life and **** it up, for no apparent reason and with no consequence to the offending authority.

We are lucky in this country to have the albeit increasingly shakey relationship between state and media that although allegiances are somtimes blurred, can in itself protect people who are victims of a systemic blunder. At the same time it also promotes indecisiveness and lack of coherent action owing to an overeliance on public opinion to justify an action or policy.

I think it could be feasible that the incident occured becuase of counterintelligence given to MI5 etc by people sympathetic to the Islamic extremist movement becuase if you look at the likely outcome of the event and who will beneift more, it will probably be them.

This blunder and many more like it, will play right into theie hands and go further to isolate and politicise UK muslims and do more to radicalise the minds of the easily influenced.

If the guys are innoncent, I feel sorry for them and hope that the system will protect them, but I think the possiblity that they where set up is as feasible as the possiblity that they genuinely intended to commit a terrorist act.