Stockwell Shooting…
Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 in News, World Affairs, World View
I’ve been involved in an interesting discussion about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by armed Police in London on Friday here, as I’m sure everyone esle in the country has in the last few days. It really is a tragedy, but it does seem unavoidable in the circumstances. People have been arguing to and fro about whether they thought the Police acted correctly or not, and I personally think they did. Ken Livingstone’s comments summed it up perfectly for me:
London Mayor Ken Livingstone described Mr Menezes as a “victim of the terrorist attacks”.
He said: “Consider the choice that faced police officers at Stockwell last Friday – and be glad you did not have to take it.”
that. is very true. i think people are ridiculous if they try and say the police did the wrong thing or handled it the wrong way. there was nothing else to be done. menezes was just another unfortunate victim of the craziness that is terrorism.