Metropolitan police mess up again

[zulu9812]

So it seems that those two muslim suspects arrested last week, in what the family described as a 'barbaric' raid and in which one suspect was shot, have now both been released without charge. Thank God the polis didn't kill anyone (not like last time).

This is only going to increase public distrust of the police, piss off the muslim community and undermine attempts to fight terrorism when it really will count. This shoot first, shoot to kill, and then ask questions policy has got to go.

 

[Urederra]

ummmm..... linky?

I don't know what you are talking about.

My mind is too absorbed in soccer.

 

[puglover]

I'd like to see a link. And a reliable one too.

 

[Enkidu Warrior]

For all you lazy people out there:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5066166.stm

 

[-0blivion-]

Just glad that someone didn't die, like last time the police made a mess of this.

 

[The Yankee]

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[Xenocrates]

Yes this was a keystone cops case. It's important to me because when I lived in London I almost rented a house on Landsdown road very close to where this happened. It's a almost 100% Muslim/Pakistani area and very quiet and working class. I quite liked it to be honest, but we chose a house near a train station instead.

From what I hear:

There was an anonymous tip-off that a chemical bomb was at particular address.
Police get over excited and raid the house with 200 guys.
One man gets shot, but not killed.
The police put out a BS story that one brother shot the other.
They find no bomb and nothing implicating the two brothers in terrorism.
They release both men and DO NOT CHARGE THEM WITH POSSESSION OF A FIREARM (!!!!).


It was the same when they executed the Brazilian. Mistake, get carried away, lie, cover up blah blah blah.

This has got to stop.

 

[zulu9812]

In continuing news, it seems that MI5 told the police that the "specific intelligence" that the police claimed to have was dodgy, hours before the raid took place.

In addition, the IPCC's report (which I've been dying to see) has finally been leaked. According to the Guardian,

The leaked report details a catalogue of police blunders, including failing to pass on alerts from the undercover team that they were tailing an innocent man. It also suggests that there was a delay of five hours in deploying a specialist firearms unit that could have taken de Menezes alive.

Utterly, utterly outrageous.