The home secretary backed police and ordered a review of armed units after officers protested over a murder charge
Background on this for non-UK people -
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Black guy shot by armed policeman whilst sitting in his own car.
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Policeman arrested for murder, released on bail.
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Last weekend armed police ‘strike’ by dropping their weapons because one of their own has been charged with murder
As per usual the victim is being forgotten in all of this while it turns into a massively corrupt political game.
I mean yeah, I wasn’t there. I’m sure there’s a lot going on with this we don’t know about as well but the narrative that certainly seems most likely from the way it’s been handled is that ‘cock up was made’. Maybe the unnamed gunman is the fall guy. Or maybe he was trigger happy.
Either way this is being sent upstairs so far it’s now being handled by the government’s press office to all intents and purposes. Which to me speaks volumes.
We’re working with no facts, but if they have facts that make it look less like they just shot the guy why the prosecution for murder. Not manslaughter?