On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:23:26 +0100, "M. J. Powell"
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:43:49 +0100, "M. J. Powell"
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If all he was guilty of was not renewing his visitors permit,then he
shoudn't have ran.He should have stopped regardless.He would either be
walking around in limeyland now or on his way back to
Brazil,whatever.Things are very tense over there,he should have known
that.He was stupid and the cops did the right thing.

What would happen in America if two cops held a man down on the ground
while the third cop shot him 8 times?

They'd be clered for "acting in good faith."

Report in the paper yesterday the police somewhere in the US fired 120
shots at an unarmed driver trying to get away.

Mike
M.J.Powell

That was slightly over a month ago, the city was Compton located in
Los Angeles County, California. The agency was Los Angeles Sheriff
Department. The initial response to this by the Sheriff Department
was that the deputies failed to coordinate their response with each
other, failed to follow training/accepted practices for such a
situation and in general blew it.

FWIW, several Southern California law enforcement agencies are
struggling with how to respond to threats from suspects in vehicles;
1) it is difficult at best to determine if they are armed and 2) the
vehicle itself constitutes a weapon. So, somebody who is driving a
3000# 'weapon' and also has a firearm and is in a 'mighty ****ed off'
state of mind does become a real threat to public safety. Sometimes
law enforcement does truly blow it, try to remember that for every
largely publicized error there are hundreds of traffic stops, warrants
served and arrests made that happen without incident.