Re: Breaking news! (London Bridge attack)
Originally Posted by
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If they shot him in the head, would that trigger a suicide vest? The police officer whom I presume killed him was near enough to shoot him in the head.
As it was, it was suicide by cop.
I'm not sure but the police interviewed said that the fact he wore the vest led to hesitation in shooting him on the spot.
One of those interviewed said that every single police shotgun death results in an investigation to check that the police officer was acting lawfully. This results in a major risk assessment by the officer carrying a gun in cases such as this. There was reportedly a discarded taser on the floor presumably because it could have led to a far greater disaster had the vest been real.
The terrorists know exactly what they are doing when they wear these fake vests.
Hopefully this will result in either a change in the law in such cases and greater stop and search powers. The latter are already being promised by Boris if elected. I honestly don't know what's stopping them on the latter. Victimisation is not a justifiable reason when we have so many people dying every day.