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Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:59 pm
by Pada

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:01 pm
by Pedro Sánchez
I thought that was already known, but the question as to why he was shot unarmed was what wasn't being answered by the police which led to the unrest.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:07 pm
by kidshuffle
^^^

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:13 pm
by Pada
hmm oh maybe i forgot about that - why is this being presented as new news then?

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:17 pm
by Pedro Sánchez
I think it's a summary of the full verdict published by IPCC.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:21 pm
by Pada
pretty shit headline to choose then really - waste

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:51 pm
by __________
Pedro Sánchez wrote:I thought that was already known

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:30 am
by Forum
Who cares if he was armed at the time, the guy was scum

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:02 pm
by clifford_-
southstar wrote:Who cares if he was armed at the time, the guy was scum
because theres a big difference between shooting scum, and shooting unarmed scum.

enough difference to turn the country upside down and inside out...

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:16 pm
by Forum
clifford_- wrote:
southstar wrote:Who cares if he was armed at the time, the guy was scum
because theres a big difference between shooting scum, and shooting unarmed scum.

enough difference to turn the country upside down and inside out...
The fact he was shot wasn't the problem. If guys go round with guns, occasionaly things like that will happen. The problems started because it was badly handled by the police afterwards and race issues.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:28 pm
by clifford_-
the fact he was scum wasnt the problem. police cant go round shooting unarmed people, things like that shouldnt happen. The problems started because the met police are generally a racist horrible zenophobic bunch of stnuc.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:34 pm
by Forum
clifford_- wrote:the fact he was scum wasnt the problem. police cant go round shooting unarmed people, things like that shouldnt happen. The problems started because the met police are generally a racist horrible zenophobic bunch of stnuc.
Its the same everywhere. It takes a certain kind of person to want to be a copper. Even when they stop you at night for random breathaliser tests they still act like dicks

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:53 pm
by volcanogeorge
southstar wrote:
clifford_- wrote:the fact he was scum wasnt the problem. police cant go round shooting unarmed people, things like that shouldnt happen. The problems started because the met police are generally a racist horrible zenophobic bunch of stnuc.
Its the same everywhere. It takes a certain kind of person to want to be a copper. Even when they stop you at night for random breathaliser tests they still act like dicks
So because its a universal truth that cops can be dicks that makes it ok to shoot an unarmed guy? I'm failing to see your point.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:56 pm
by Forum
volcanogeorge wrote:
southstar wrote:
clifford_- wrote:the fact he was scum wasnt the problem. police cant go round shooting unarmed people, things like that shouldnt happen. The problems started because the met police are generally a racist horrible zenophobic bunch of stnuc.
Its the same everywhere. It takes a certain kind of person to want to be a copper. Even when they stop you at night for random breathaliser tests they still act like dicks
So because its a universal truth that cops can be dicks that makes it ok to shoot an unarmed guy? I'm failing to see your point.
My point was that the problems were caused by the way the police behaved afterwards more than the fact he was unarmed

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:06 pm
by wilson
southstar wrote:
volcanogeorge wrote:
southstar wrote:
clifford_- wrote:the fact he was scum wasnt the problem. police cant go round shooting unarmed people, things like that shouldnt happen. The problems started because the met police are generally a racist horrible zenophobic bunch of stnuc.
Its the same everywhere. It takes a certain kind of person to want to be a copper. Even when they stop you at night for random breathaliser tests they still act like dicks
So because its a universal truth that cops can be dicks that makes it ok to shoot an unarmed guy? I'm failing to see your point.
My point was that the problems were caused by the way the police behaved afterwards more than the fact he was unarmed
Yeah. The unrest started after the shooting, when the police just mugged off Dugan's family. It was that lack of respect, rather than the shooting, that led to shit kicking off in Tottenham.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:15 pm
by volcanogeorge
southstar wrote:
volcanogeorge wrote:
southstar wrote:
clifford_- wrote:the fact he was scum wasnt the problem. police cant go round shooting unarmed people, things like that shouldnt happen. The problems started because the met police are generally a racist horrible zenophobic bunch of stnuc.
Its the same everywhere. It takes a certain kind of person to want to be a copper. Even when they stop you at night for random breathaliser tests they still act like dicks
So because its a universal truth that cops can be dicks that makes it ok to shoot an unarmed guy? I'm failing to see your point.
My point was that the problems were caused by the way the police behaved afterwards more than the fact he was unarmed
Cheers for the clarification :Q:

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:21 pm
by magma
clifford_- wrote:
southstar wrote:Who cares if he was armed at the time, the guy was scum
because theres a big difference between shooting scum, and shooting unarmed scum.

enough difference to turn the country upside down and inside out...
This. We were also being fed stories along the grapevine that shots were fired at police from his car, which clearly never happened. One bullet in his gun, unfired... doesn't sound like he was on his way to a firefight.

This sounds more and more like an assassination. It might not have been, but the police need to do a lot more to convince anyone it wasn't.
Toxicology tests indicate Duggan had some illegal drugs, namely ecstasy, in his blood stream. The effect on his behaviour, if any, is unclear.
Yeah, I bet that was making him well aggressive. :roll:

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:26 am
by antipode
Am I wrong in thinking if no heads roll over his death, and the cop(s) responsible get off scot-free, we can expect more rioting?
Wouldn't surprise me if this ended up like a Rodney King/LA riot scenario.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 9:18 am
by JBoy
Its done with, no point in dragging it all up again.

Re: Mark Duggan was not armed when shot by police

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:15 pm
by murky21
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