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Previously on "Ah, Well That's Alright, Then."

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  • Troll
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    But it's happened before - and it certainly will happen again
    And remember-you don't have to be very bright to be a Police Officer

    1983: Man shot by police hunting David Martin
    A man has been critically injured in a police ambush in a west London street in what may be a case of mistaken identity.
    Witnesses said marksmen surrounded a car in a traffic jam in Pembroke Road in Earls Court and opened fire.
    The driver was shot several times in the head and body.
    The man shot in the ambush was later named as Stephen Waldorf.
    Film editor Mr Waldorf, 26, had no direct connection to David Martin.
    But police believed his female passenger, Sue Stephens, to be Mr Martin's girlfriend.
    Two officers, John Jardine and Peter Finch, stood trial for attempted murder and attempted wounding but were cleared of all charges in October 1983.
    The pair remained in the police force but were barred from firearm duties.
    Stephen Waldorf made a full recovery and eventually received £150,000 compensation.
    David Martin was recaptured soon after the shooting but hanged himself in jail in 1984 before his trial

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  • Churchill
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    This has already been done to death.

    I believe the consensus of opinion was "Oh Dear, how sad, never mind, life goes on."

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  • xoggoth
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    The xoggoth Saturday rescuing of posts with zero comments at the bottom of the page strikes again. Who was that masked stranger?

    PS Also it deserves more than zero comments. When the police are allowed to act as casually as that it presents a danger to everyone.
    Last edited by xoggoth; 12 May 2007, 09:24.

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  • Kyajae
    started a topic Ah, Well That's Alright, Then.

    Ah, Well That's Alright, Then.

    11 Menezes police face no action

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6646537.stm

    So, I guess we'll never know why it takes 8 bullets at point-blank range to the head to kill an innocent man when one normaly does the trick.

    I realise this killing happened at a very tense time, but the ramifications for all of us in the future should make us all worried.
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