Yes, it is. According to Sky News website, the police definitely challenged the suspect, and I therefore think it likely that they acted in accordance with procedure.
I think it a safe bet that they would rather not have killed the man, but would have preferred to have him alive to question, in the hope he could provide them with vital information. It is likely therefore that they really did feel that they had no choice in order to protect the public.
*shakes head in amusement*. Ah, the irony. Here I am, a criminal defence lawyer, to whom the police are necessarily the 'enemy', and who has to be fully aware of all the little tricks they use in order to try and get a 'result' from a case. And yet, here I am defending them.
Look, I hold no particular trust for the police in a work situation but they're not cold-blooded killers. Not in Britain, they're not.
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Date: 2005-07-22 03:16 pm (UTC)I think it a safe bet that they would rather not have killed the man, but would have preferred to have him alive to question, in the hope he could provide them with vital information. It is likely therefore that they really did feel that they had no choice in order to protect the public.
*shakes head in amusement*. Ah, the irony. Here I am, a criminal defence lawyer, to whom the police are necessarily the 'enemy', and who has to be fully aware of all the little tricks they use in order to try and get a 'result' from a case. And yet, here I am defending them.
Look, I hold no particular trust for the police in a work situation but they're not cold-blooded killers. Not in Britain, they're not.