Young woman shot by Police in terrror op.

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A woman in her twenties was shot by the Police in London's glamourous Willesden, during an anti-terror operation. In a serious condition in hospital.

I'm sure she must have had it coming.

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Deptford Draylons said:

MarshPhantom said:

A woman in her twenties was shot by the Police in London's glamourous Willesden, during an anti-terror operation. In a serious condition in hospital.

I'm sure she must have had it coming.

Haha, you have no clue what happened but still stick a barbed comment in anyway. Get back to your Tories in the football tax raids thread.

Would you like to tell me what happened?

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Eric Mc said:

The spectre of John Charles Menezes always lurks in the background of these types of police operations.

Especially as the woman in charge on the day has just taken over at The Met.

Oops.

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The house was CS Gassed by the police and it was at this time the woman was shot.

Sounds reassuring.

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hornetrider said:

MarshPhantom said:

Would you like to tell me what happened?

Why don't you tell us what happened and why.

Someone has been shot by The Police, we have no idea why. It's not as though they haven't shot anyone before that they shouldn't have.

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bhstewie said:

I wonder sometimes why people don't just post a thread called "I want an argument"

I was merely posting a story that was on the News this morning.

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Derek Smith said:

MarshPhantom said:

Would you like to tell me what happened?

You do know that irony has nothing to do with ironing, don't you?

You suggest by insinuation and innuendo and then, by the same method, accuse someone else of jumping to conclusions.

Is there something you'd like to get off your chest?

You don't know what happened. In fact, we don't know what happened. What we do know, however, is that there will be a full investigation into the shooting, as there always is. Then we will be better informed.

A non-sexist heading might be: Police officers put themselves at risk to protect the public. If the enquiry comes to the conclusion that the officers acted bravely, I'm sure that you will start a thread so headed.

I'd have been more reassured if we had heard why she was shot. We haven't.

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London424 said:

battered said:

London424 said:

battered said:

TTmonkey said:

5 shots fired and no ones died.... (yet)

Some training needed perhaps?

On the contrary. Shooting to immobilize is preferable to shooting dead, where possible, and this seems to have happened here. That's what the training should be for.

It really isn't. This is action movies where the hero shoots the gun out of their hand or shoots them deliberately in the leg or some nonsense.

They'll be trained to shoot the big part of the body and whatever happens injury wise is down to luck.

So all the documented UK and USA cases where real police shoot a suspect in the leg are just because they can't point it straight? Do me a favour.

I'm not talking Hollywood here, police are trained to stop. Of course, and in most cases that means kill given the distances involved and the need to hit the centre of the target. But if they can avoid killing, they will.

Yes, they missed what they were aiming at. They don't deliberately aim at legs!

They don't try to avoid killing people, they plan on shooting them where all the squishy organs are that will stop them...then it's up to luck about which bit they end up hitting.

The question is why was she shot, not how they should have shot her.

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Europa1 said:

MarshPhantom said:

Someone has been shot by The Police, we have no idea why.

As you say in your thread title, it was a terror op. I'd take a wild stab in the dark and say that might be why.

I have no idea what your beef with the Police is, but your opening post does make you come across as a world class onanist.

Why the fk does anyone think I have a beef with The Police?

What you been smoking?

The point was countless terror raids must have gone on up and down the country over the years without a single shot being fired, so why now and why a 20 year old woman?

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princealbert23 said:

MarshPhantom said:

Why the fk does anyone think I have a beef with The Police?

What you been smoking?

The point was countless terror raids must have gone on up and down the country over the years without a single shot being fired, so why now and why a 20 year old woman?

If you can't see why even moderate people like DS are exasperated with your posts you need to look at improving your self-awareness.

Give it a rest. There are some anti-police PHer's but I certainly wouldn't say I'm one of them.

And it certainly isn't fake news to say the police don't always cover themselves in glory at times like this.

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Elroy Blue said:

I used to be a Police Firearms Officer. We don't aim for legs or arms.

Yet the Police involved managed to keep Lee Rigby's killers alive.

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Elroy Blue said:

MarshPhantom said:

Yet the Police involved managed to keep Lee Rigby's killers alive.

Because they gave him immediate first aid after firing, when they were no longer considered a threat.

It's really not diffiicult to work out.

No, what is is why this woman was shot.

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Hainey said:

bhstewie said:

Derek Smith said:

To return to the topic: at the moment the news is that two terror operations appear to have been thwarted by the police. I would have thought that this would be a reason to rejoice, even for this most anti-police ranters. But I've been proved wrong.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't Derek.

I must admit I do wonder what some people are on when they appear to let their personal prejudices of the Police cloud their judgement over what would look to be a job very well done.

Hear Hear.

The country is under a threat level that the IRA would have given anything to achieve 30 years ago and yet certain elements find any reason to downplay the achievements of the Police and intelligence services in how well they have thwarted these cells so far.

Constrictive Critisism is one thing, what we see from some outlets is quite something else entirely.

Or it could possibly be The Police getting their excuses in early. If you think things today are anywhere near as bad as they were back in the 70s, 80s and 90s you really are deluded.

Edited by MarshPhantom on Saturday 29th April 09:42

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Derek Smith said:

RedTrident said:

I was referring to the shootings of these intelligence led operations pre attack. I genuinely don't recall one where the police shot a terrorist.

Shows how good the police action was in such cases. The police do not want to shoot people. An arrest of terrorists without having to fire any rounds shows professionalism of a high order. It's unlike you to highlight top quality police performance. Keep it up.

Possible terrorists.

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whoami said:

PurpleAki said:

Bad news for the OP.

He must be used to it by now.

Young woman was shot by The Police and you're happy about that because she could possibly have done something wrong?