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Originally Posted by Tuftus
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What a strange tale.
No reasons given for the armed police. Failed to stop a man with baton rounds? Must have missed him then.
I still think it rich that if you or I were to use deadly force, we'd be expected to show imminent danger to ourselves. A man approaching a bunch of armed coppers with a
sword is not quite the same as if he came after me on a dark night.
I'm not convinced that the police always have to follow their 'shoot to kill' policy in these circumstances - seems like they don't use police dogs for what they are trained any more. And I would have thought that this situation was ideal for the use of a taser.
Having actually killed the guy, he's no longer in any position to explain his actions, so we'll probably never be any the wiser what drives these people, since 'suicide by cop' seems to be very effective.