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[Mark J]

17 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Speak in the active voice. Who shot who? Who was dangerous to who? 

The copper shot the person who had been stabbing people at the synagogue. The guy who had stabbed people was dangerous. 

[AHPP]

10 minutes ago, Mark J said:

The guy who had stabbed people was dangerous. 

 

To whom?

You wouldn’t call a fireman dangerous to fire. There’s an amount of bias in language. 

[Mark J]

8 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

To whom?

You wouldn’t call a fireman dangerous to fire. There’s an amount of bias in language. 

Well, that's a bit of a daft question. He was dangerous to the people he had stabbed and seemingly intended to stab. Or am I missing your point?

[AHPP]

Half. I’m being half cryptic but I’m also pointing out there’s bias in language used to describe this kind of thing. The passive tense is commonly used as propaganda by a wannabe truth-definer. Say the guy doing the stabbing was right to do so. You wouldn’t call him dangerous. You’d say he was stabbing someone. Ruminate on it. View all news through that lens.

[Johnsond]

51 minutes ago, Mark J said:

That's probably standard. It seems to pretty clear that the person shot was the one who was dangerous. 
It's probably not a bad thing for the copper to have some time off after having to deal with that situation.

That’s what they are paid for and trained to do. 
I’d imagine he will sleep well tonight once the adrenaline subsides. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Johnsond

[Mark J]

9 hours ago, Johnsond said:

That’s what they are paid for and trained to do. 
I’d imagine he will sleep well tonight once the adrenaline subsides. 

Perhaps. 

Even though they are trained, it's still quite rare for a copper to fatally shoot someone in the UK: 

England and Wales fatal police shootings 2024| Statista

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In 2023/24, the police in England and Wales fatally shot two people, compared with three in the previous reporting year, and six in 2016/17.

 

[Johnsond]

10 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Perhaps. 

Even though they are trained, it's still quite rare for a copper to fatally shoot someone in the UK: 

England and Wales fatal police shootings 2024| Statista

WWW.STATISTA.COM

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In 2023/24, the police in England and Wales fatally shot two people, compared with three in the previous reporting year, and six in 2016/17.

 

I’ve no doubt it is but as I said they are trained for it and why would they be in any way negatively affected by putting a murdering scum bag down. 
Mark most people whom take on roles where carrying a firearm is involved are fully aware that at some point they may have to use it. Stick to the ROE and you are covered, seems they did that, job well done, all the training worked. Cost of a couple of 5.56 as you say, far better than years in jail. 

 

[BillQ]

Sadly it has come to light that one person was killed and another injured by the police as well as the attacker.

[Stubby]

13 minutes ago, BillQ said:

Sadly it has come to light that one person was killed and another injured by the police as well as the attacker.

Just seen that on the news .