The defendant, I should think.
What privileged position is that then? One where common sense and law abiding gives them one? Unfortunately it’s a fact that black people commit more crimes in this country proportionately to their % of race and are way more involved in these stupid gangs than any other race. If you want to hide behind the race card, YOU feel free. This is nothing to do with race, the bloke acted a bellend and was a nasty piece of work to boot.
Quite, so that suggests everyone that faces an arm officer is from the correct background of privilege (what ever that means) or when asked to behave and follow instructions do so, unless they are hiding something
The same officer was asked if he thought race played a part in decision making and he said that as a black police officer he had lost count of the number of times he had been stopped when off duty.
Very much feeds into my point about folk not knowing the full facts of the case. It wouldn't be wrong to conclude that the judiciary feel it right to release this as too many try to make political capital out of it. I have great reservations about historical police conduct in the UK, but I would never deny that they have to make very difficult decisions at times and folk often judge them in ignorance.The whole story now coming out after the trial. Not a particularly nice person and no wonder the police were armed.
Chris Kaba ‘shot gang rival’ at nightclub days before his death
Met Police marksman Martyn Blake has been cleared of Kaba’s murderwww.thetimes.com
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Precisely, so what was the thought process as to whether to fire or not? The jury concluded they didn't feel the officer's life was at risk, there's only one conclusion: race
Are you saying that it is common for black people have a police officer point a loaded firearm at them?
Sorry, what? The jury didn’t conclude anything apart from him being not guilty of murder.
Does a jury offer a conclusion, or just a verdict?
Really, another pontificating about the race card. This should never have landed in court. It’s also interesting to see news coming out that the unfortunate lad was indeed a proper naughty. Time for everyone to move on!
The met themselves admit they are institutionally racist
Spot on.
Every time you use a wrong ‘un like Kaba to play the race card you weaken the cause of anti racism, you don’t strengthen it.
That is not what I asked. Should the officer who took the shot, and the other two who were about to do the same thing, asked themself if the target was black and therefore decide not to fire?
In England and Wales its Guilty or Not Guilty
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He was charged. He very nearly went to prison for a long time, with the fate of the course of the rest of his life on the shoulders of 12 members of the public. They unanimously found him not guilty after only three hours deliberation, so it would look like a slam dunk dismissal from the outside.