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Ultimately, if he was engaged in criminal activities, then the police should’ve gathered evidence and prosecuted him. I have no problem with that, that’s their job.
Instead they killed him in a situation which they should’ve been highly trained handle, but which it seems they weren’t.
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Surely that point is not about whether he deserved to be shot at, but it informs the likelihood of there being guns in the car.
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Yep, this was one of the worst outcomes for everyone involved. But there might be other reasons for him trying to break through a police block in an suv other than the one you suggested.
Either way it’s terrible for him, his family and the police who then had to make such a decision, whether they were right or wrong.
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Fair. In this case, 6 members of his drill crew were charged with attempted murder for their part in it, and testified he shot him. 1 found guilty of possession of weapon and 2 GBH. There was apparently cctv too, of him doing so, but he wasn’t named in the trial for the most part, I assume due to the murder trial going on.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68441013.amp