London, again
From today's Guardian Unlimited:
Earlier, Britain's police chief, Sir Ian Blair, apologised to the family of Mr de Menezes. But said there would be no change to the police policy and admitted more people could be shot the death [sic] in the hunt for the London bombers and their accomplices.
Much as I admire the British police, and much as I would agree that something must be done to stop terrorism, I am somewhat uneasy about a government policy that permits the police to kill people at will. (Shot in the head five times?)
I am not quite sure that this is the right approach to the problem.
[Update: Sanjay Suri writes about this on Antiwar.]
posted by Udge @ 18:06
3 Comments:
They has such little experience with this; it's going to be a rough period ahead of them. I don't even know if they all carry guns.
but what else can you do if you think someone is about to blow themselves up, taking countless innocent people with them? there's no talking to them. there's no reasoning.
I agree that five shots to the head would seem to be overkill, if you'll pardon the word ... but i just don't know that i can think of another response ...
it will only take one incident of a suspected suicide bomber NOT being shot down and then blowing himself up to see public opinion swing in favor of shoot-to-kill ...
it's so tough
Late: the shoot-to-kill policy in itself is not the point. I am in favour of terrorists being shot.
The police did not shoot a terrorist. That is the point.
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