Personally I think if you shoot someone, and that person doesn’t have a gun or weapon why shouldn’t it go in front of a jury?
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[News] Chris Kaba .. Justice served ?
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No they didn't. They accepted that there was a real danger to police officers' lives - if they hadn't the verdict would in all likelihood have been different.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Because the CPS’s duty is to prosecute cases with a realistic chance of conviction.
The consensus is that this was not the case here.
- Oct 17, 2008
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What is your source for this?
Witness reports said Kaba was “using his car as a weapon”.
The cop said he thought colleagues’ lives were in danger.
Not unreasonable.
dsr-burnley
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- Aug 15, 2014
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He had a weapon and was using it.
I think the tragedy here is that this went to court at all. It's a tough job being a Firearms Officer and we should be grateful to the people prepared to risk their own lives.
A pre-assumption that everything is 'race' in some way?
Why a gun? driving a car at someone can be lethal
What the f***!?
Your last two posts have been utter nonsense.
‘It’s commonplace for black people to have loaded guns pointed at them by police.’
‘The policeman shot him because he was black’.
Genuinely astonishing.
*Race baiting utter nonsense
‘Or weapon’
Some already have according to this article from the BBC
Chris Kaba: Armed officers step back from duties after murder charge
Some police relinquish right to hold firearms after colleague is charged with the murder of Chris Kaba.
www.bbc.co.uk
Shaktarman
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- Sep 19, 2022
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You’ve been brainwashed to look for race / gender / something to protest by society. Have a look at the poor bloke pissing blood out of both legs cos this twat shot both his legs. He was a wrongun and anyone protesting for him and claiming race are creating problems that simply aren’t there. Oh the shot bloke was also black I think (see I didn’t even 100% notice as I’m not racist!)
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
If a policeman kills someone in the line of duty, then it should be thoroughly investigated and scrutinised to the highest level. Whether it should ever see the inside of a courtroom is a hugely contentious issue though, and could well inhibit the actions of a firearms officer in that split second when he literally has to make a life or death call. Recruitment would inevitably become an issue too, if you know a wrong call could land you with a very long sentence.
I don't know the answer tbh, but I'm glad this officer was acquitted, as from my (admittedly limited) perspective of the bodycam footage, I don't think he had much choice but to open fire. I'm sure his intention was not to kill either, but thats the unwanted situation he found himself in and the consequence.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Indeed …i remember reading that 300(?) officers trained in firearms had given up the right to carry a weapon in the last year ..I think this was The Met …and then you have articles such as this
Dozens of Met officers refuse armed patrols after colleague’s murder charge | London | The Guardian
At least 70 police firearms officers are reconsidering carrying a gun after marksman to go on trial over death of Chris Kaba
amp.theguardian.com
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Can you share the source for this re the jury
I guess you must know what was in the note passed onto Mr Justice Gross by the Jury then . If so are you free to divulge here ?
Moment Chris Kaba 'shoots rival in crowded nightclub' just days before gangster was shot dead by police
This is the moment a man thought to be Chris Kaba shot a rival in a crowded nightclub in east London, before chasing him down and shooting him again.
www.lbc.co.uk
Before the jury delivered its verdict on Monday, it had sent a note to Mr Justice Goss asking for permission also to pass comment, which was denied.
Following speculation about what the jury might have said, the media, supported by a lawyer for Mr Kaba's family, asked the senior judge to release the note.
Mr Justice Goss refused.
There are always people pursuing their agendas.
My sense on NSC is that people have shown curiosity but perspective on this issue
Due process seems to have been done well. The police officer has correctly been exonerated. The criminality of the dead man was kept nicely quiet till after the verdict.
And we move on....
martin tyler
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- Jan 25, 2013
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He did have a weapon though. He used his car as one. It might not be a weapon per say but once he starts using it as one it has just as much ability to kill as a gun does