Coward? They always say it is the easy option to end ones life.
Thinking about it now.......I wouldn't have the balls to do it. So I would not necessarily call it cowardice. To walk out and sit in prison for the next 30 years would be an easier option than to end your life
Dave_Notts
I knew it was not going to be long before someone critisised the Police for their actions.
Yes I understand this is his Brother and will have stronger opinions but.....come on.
What the fuck do people expect the Police to do? They had the guy cornered and the stand off lasted six hours I believe? There were trained negotiators and even that other nutter turned up...Gazza..wtf?
They tasered him in the hope they could stun him enough to grab him. Unfortuantly or fortunatly whichever side of the fence you sit on, it did not work and he shot himself. A likely conclusion anyway given the circumstances.
We shall see what the inevitable enquiry shows.
There is even a Facebook page calling this guy a " legend " ffs.
His history of violence and drug dealing will show him to be nothing more than a thug, and also a murderer.
I bet there will be calls for the police officers involved to be sacked for hitting him with the taser ffs.
Why anyone would want to put themselves down for being a copper nowadays is beyond me.
In my lifetime shooting a copper would have brought public outrage and the public in general would have wanted to see the guy caught and banged up....now though people who shoot the Police are labelled " legends " and up until last night over 3000 had signed up on Facebook....Obviously those tossers never got the pleasure of meeting this guy, to be handed drugs or threatened with violence by him.
Welcome to Britain 2010....the land of the idiot.....well a few anyway.
I agree 100% with your comments kentswingers777.
Must admit, I don't know why the police tazered him, they should have just left him there and kept an eye on him, he would have fell asleep eventually.
I've thought for many years that the police should be trained to use blow darts and nerve posions - not necessarily to kill, but to paralize. Quieter than tranquiliser guns - but they could be just as effective in many cases.
Latest reports from the media are saying they have analised the sounds and the Police tazered him after he had shot himself.
Here's a thought....it's a sad day when anyones life is ended prematurely
Bang on the money...
At last a decent PM.
It makes me horrified that certain members of the public are actually pitying this man.
Maybe those Facebook members should be placed on a surveillance list, in fact probably find that they already are...