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But it was the public that "put an end to his wrongdoing" and prevented further casualties. The police action was probably concerned with the fake suicide vest and that it might be real.

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The police action was absolutely due to the apparent suicide vest, which if real could easily be triggered by its wearer even when lying on the ground with someone on top of him.

The public did not manifestly disarm him, or put an end to his wrongdoing, despite bringing him to the ground and relieving him of his knife. The attacker intended to present himself as a lethal threat to anyone nearby, by wearing what appeared to be a suicide vest. That being the case, the police could only end his wrongdoing with any confidence by shooting him dead. This is what they are trained to do.

It's important that this is seen for what it was, a split second decision taken to prevent greater loss of life, and not police taking vengeance or carrying out a death sentence on someone.

Re: 2 Dead, 3 injured in London Bridge Terrorist incident
 

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This is a headline I never expected to see
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ridge-attacker

Re: London Bridge armed incident
 

Did you honestly, in all seriousness expect him to be linked to any other religion?

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Well...

They are all twisted idiots, but to take the approach that it is always going to be an Islamist twisted idiot is to not be congruent with the actuality (about a 1/3rd of terrorist plots disrupted by the UK Security Services are extreme right-wing).

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But...we were not wrong. And given the early details of these events (and especially this one) if I was a betting man I probably wouldn’t be out of pocket if we’d gone on gut instinct.

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He had another knife taped to his hand....

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I think we should back the cop(s) who shot the terrorist dead when they saw his bomb vest.


OK, it was fake, but they didn't know that and if it had been real god knows the death toll.

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The guys an idiot.

Link

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Everyone released, both loyalist and nationalist, under the Good Friday Agreement would still have had to serve full sentences if that was the case.

Likely a deal breaker given the number, on both sides, in the Maze.

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I'm not sure the bereaved, or their families, care for the distinction to be honest.

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“Typically” is rather disrespectful to be honest. Nor have I actually missed the point. Far more people have died on these islands on both sides of the Irish divide than at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists.

I’m not sure why a white terrorist is any more worthy of release than a brown one. Rehabilitation is rehabilitation.

NOTE: I’m not claiming in any way shape or form the attacker the other day was rehabilitated or shouldn’t have been shot given the circumstances. Before anyone twists my words.