Their Greatest Mistake
British cops screwed the pooch.
The money shot, though, comes in a later paragraph.
I have to give them credit: the Muslim Association of Britain has absolute, no questions asked, unequivocal balls to make such a statement. Big name Muslim groups were doing absolutely jack up until two weeks ago to keep their constituency, British Muslims, from preaching violence. Now, a bunch of British born Muslims, who fall under their purview, blow themselves up and kill fifty innocent people, and injure hundreds more, and these blokes have the intestinal fortitude to second guess the police? Balls, I tell you. Balls.
If the guy challenged police, as yesterday's coverage said he did, then it's an unfortunate, but understandable incident. I'll reiterate what I said before: if European police routinely carried firearms like their American cousins, my guess is that cooler heads would have prevailed in this case. British police should take steps to prevent this kind of incident from happening again, but the British Muslim leaders are the last people who should be criticizing the police in this case.
LONDON (Reuters) - Police admitted on Saturday they had shot dead the wrong man in a tragic error as they combed London for four men after attempted bomb attacks on the capital's transport system.
Plainclothes police chased the man onto an underground train on Friday after he ignored warnings to stop, shooting him five times in the head because they feared he was carrying a bomb and was going to detonate it.
"We are now satisfied that he was not connected with the incidents of Thursday 21st July 2005," police said on Saturday.
The money shot, though, comes in a later paragraph.
Muslim groups condemned the killing and expressed shock at the news of the victim's innocence.
"To give license to people to shoot to kill just like that, on the basis of suspicion, is very frightening," Azzam Tamimi of the Muslim Association of Britain told BBC television.
"It is human lives that are being targeted here, whether by terrorists or in this case unfortunately by people who are supposed to be chasing or catching the terrorists."
I have to give them credit: the Muslim Association of Britain has absolute, no questions asked, unequivocal balls to make such a statement. Big name Muslim groups were doing absolutely jack up until two weeks ago to keep their constituency, British Muslims, from preaching violence. Now, a bunch of British born Muslims, who fall under their purview, blow themselves up and kill fifty innocent people, and injure hundreds more, and these blokes have the intestinal fortitude to second guess the police? Balls, I tell you. Balls.
If the guy challenged police, as yesterday's coverage said he did, then it's an unfortunate, but understandable incident. I'll reiterate what I said before: if European police routinely carried firearms like their American cousins, my guess is that cooler heads would have prevailed in this case. British police should take steps to prevent this kind of incident from happening again, but the British Muslim leaders are the last people who should be criticizing the police in this case.
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