Early today I watched various eye witness accounts describing the young man who had the audacity to wear a slightly padded style jacket and run from a group of men that had been following him for 30 minutes - and then jump the subway turnstyle to hasten his escape. For this he was puched to the floor of the train carriage and shot 5 times in cold blood.
One witness said the man being chased looked like a scared fox or rabbit being hunted.

Not once did I hear the words trigger happy or mistake.
Instead Sir Ian (chief of London Police)* eloquently repeats that the dead man was directly linked to the terrorist investigation and the unfortunate shooting only limited the information we could have obtained regarding other terrorists.

He also repeated the now common excuse "We had no choice...he was challenged by police and did not comply with orders!".

Others have speculated that the likelyhood of explosives under his coat nessesitated killing the terrorist immediately. Tell me, if YOU suspected explosives under his coat WOULD YOU SHOOT HIM FIVE TIMES IN THE COAT?

They say they followed this kid from a neighborhood/house under suspicion.

I have not heard who this shooting victim was. No name, no family information, nothing. Only that he is directly linked to the terrorist investigation.

Most likely this was a fear shooting. But between me and mudcat it also has the look of an execution of a loose cannon.


* I wish our DC chief of police was half as glib as Ian.