Shootings on London Bridge

[Drihump Trolomite]

HTP99 said:

Petrus1983 said:

My god - the public were so brave -

https://twitter.com/wolfgangert/status/12004255499...

This includes the shooting - you’ve been warned.

Towards the end you can see a guy (assuming member of the public) holding a knife right on the edge of the handle.

Why did everyone start yelping oh my god they shot him what they do that for? The world is full of tards

[Johnnytheboy]

Petrus1983 said:

Re the ‘bomb’/‘belt’ - even the guy on the bus said “is he trying to blow it up” - unless you’d seen something that’s a strange thing to say.

Ah sorry, no sound on work PC.

[anonymous-user]

Johnnytheboy said:

I'm sure they were following procedure, but I'm intrigued to know why they shot him at close range when he seemed to represent no immediate threat.

Was he wearing a belt, I wonder?

in one respect i think, they shouldn't shoot to kill. But the other it is xmas season, it is hightened alert, you have a knife, that is enough to kill you. Maybe he had a bomb or not but better dead than being dead...

[Petrus1983]

Johnnytheboy said:

Ah sorry, no sound on work PC.

Wasn’t directed at you - was a general wonder out loud!

[Oakey]

The fking comments on Twitter;


RobertJohn
@JohnRobertjohn
·
15m
Replying to
@wolfgangert
Why the hell was he shot? If everyone else who took him down were unarmed????

Chrisyo
@iChrisyoo
·
11m
Replying to
@wolfgangert
Have
@metpoliceuk
just executed someone on #LondonBridge the KNIFE is removed from scene before the shot is fired.


stewie fitt
@FittStuart
·
11m
Replying to
@wolfgangert
He was on the ground why did they shoot him

[Halb]

ElectricSoup said:

Wolfgang wants to clean up his timeline a bit though before he goes viral...

Clean it up?

[TwistingMyMelon]

Maybe instead of shooting they should have asked him to politely behave and be so kind to remove anything that looks like a bomb or mobile

[richatnort]

i've just seen the video of the guy get shot by police. Looks like 1 man with a knife who have injured people but by standards have got him to the groud and got the knife off him and then they pulled the public off the guy and shot him i think 3 times!

[Pintofbest]

Oakey said:

The fking comments on Twitter;


RobertJohn
@JohnRobertjohn
·
15m
Replying to
@wolfgangert
Why the hell was he shot? If everyone else who took him down were unarmed????

Chrisyo
@iChrisyoo
·
11m
Replying to
@wolfgangert
Have
@metpoliceuk
just executed someone on #LondonBridge the KNIFE is removed from scene before the shot is fired.


stewie fitt
@FittStuart
·
11m
Replying to
@wolfgangert
He was on the ground why did they shoot him

That’s only the same as a few posts above where someone says there was no threat so why did they shoot him. Must have missed that poster on the video footage as they clearly have knowledge.

[DS240]

Johnnytheboy said:

I'm sure they were following procedure, but I'm intrigued to know why they shot him at close range when he seemed to represent no immediate threat.

Was he wearing a belt, I wonder?

It certainly looks on the video that there is sudden acknowledgment of something else (threat other than knife), as people seemingly told to back off, they pull the fella off and as soon as he moves he gets the good news.

Edit.. on top of that, you see police holding off at distance still covering suspect. This would also indicate worry of other threat. Otherwise they’d be doing trauma care.

What we don’t have is verbal from the suspect which may also add to decision making.

Any explosive threat on top of an active threat/incident is only going one way.

Edited by DS240 on Friday 29th November 15:13

[Legend83]

They clearly removed the final member of public off the suspect so they could finish him off so you have to assume there was an imminent threat to life, must have been wearing something or wires or said something etc.

ETA - beat me to it.

[Digby]

Also, no matter how terrible a situation is, never miss your opportunity to pull a stupid face on live TV..

[Petrus1983]

The police are saying someone’s been detained - what’s that about? Did he survive?

[ElectricSoup]

Halb said:

ElectricSoup said:

Wolfgang wants to clean up his timeline a bit though before he goes viral...

Clean it up?

Yes, IMHO.

[richatnort]

also shot 3 times you can hear 3 clear shots from the video i saw too.

[Legend83]

Petrus1983 said:

The police are saying someone’s been detained - what’s that about? Did he survive?

Was it definitely gun and not taser?

[Halb]

The news just said that the police after shooting the beard man backed off not offering assistance, as if there was still danger.


All the chit chat of people talking about the ins and outs of this is normal. We live in instant news now, thanks to the combination of the web, smart phones and social media. 15 years ago, only the people witnessing the incident would be discussing the events seconds after they happen, now they can be mulled over across the globe seconds later. Best to let the jibber jabber run it's course but don't assume too much or be rude about it.

[Halb]

ElectricSoup said:

Yes, IMHO.

I don't understand, for what reasons?

[DS240]

Petrus1983 said:

The police are saying someone’s been detained - what’s that about? Did he survive?

It’s just a covering quote. Dead/alive.. he’s detained.

Could be someone else detained, but it doesn’t appear that way.

[Gary29]

Legend83 said:

Was it definitely gun and not taser?

Definitely a gun.

The BBC are talking about the lorry, maybe he was with someone else and jumped out of the wagon and started trying to stab people? Speculation on my part.