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Christ. Interesting stuff. At first sight it brings even more to the fore the Met's responsibility I think.
In respect that the Telegraph article it says of the incident in Surrey that: 'There was a thorough internal investigation and the claim was subsequently found to be unsubstantiated and no further action was taken'. I like the phraseology here. But it does suggest that this incident can be ignored/vetted down to some degree (although that's not to say I'm so naive to believe there is no corruption and 'self-protecting' occuring in the police force).
Even so we can at worst assume he has a bit of an anger management history. Again, if this was significant enough to detract from his capabilities as a TSG officer it was the Met's responsibility.
If however it was not deemed a problem then again we are in the situation in which a man with no history of serious violance is being accused of manslaughter after doing his job and perhaps getting swept up in the stress/anxiety/excitement of the day.
Remember kids. Road rage is something EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS FORUM HAS SOME SELF INSTIGATED KNOWLEDGE OF (more assupmtions), so please don't think that qualifies a human being to kill another.