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Thread #105969   Message #2189546
Posted By: folk1e
09-Nov-07 - 03:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: Police guilty over Menezes
Subject: RE: BS: Police guilty over Menezes
Why did Blair state on the following morning that Menesis was wearing a heavy jacket (that could conceal explosives) and other information that was WRONG?
Why did it take the armed response unit FOUR HOURS to respond to the situation developing?
Why did the order to stop and question EVERYBODY leaving the block of flats after they had got a safe distance away NOT HAPPEN?
Why did everybody in the train say they did NOT HEAR the police shout "armed police" but all 8 police state that they did. (maybe they shouted as they got on the platform out of earshot of the passengers)
Why was a "terrorist bomber" allowed to WALK from his flat, use public transport, and walk into a crowded tube station and to get on a train?
Why was Blair allowed to give eronious information to the media the following day? And knowing this why was it not retracted?

There are more questions and few answers!
In my view it was a pannic situation and the police "on the ground" did the best they could. The officers who were responsible for the system they were working under did not do so well and should be reprimanded for this! Justice must be done and be seen to be done!