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liquidat0r wrote:

With the SAS supposedly drafted in ... reminds me of a Chris Ryan book (or similar).

The Watchman sounds familiar.

Just been watching the news where they were interviewing the neighbour of somebody whose house was broken into not once, but twice, and at one point there was actually someone in the house sleeping in a spare bedroom. Police sounded a little slow in reacting to the tip off though given the number in the area, especially when they sent two unarmed coppers first who (naturally) couldn't go in in case it was Moat with a shotgun.

FatherTed wrote:

hypothetical and not reaaaly related;

when the cumbrian shooter was walking around quite obviously shooting people, what do you think the a)public and b)legal reaction would have been if a farmer had just blown his head off with a shotgun

(assuming the farmer knew without a shadow of a doubt this man had already killed 5+ people, and was 100% certain it was the right man)

Public would probably praise him for stopping him, but the legal side might be a little wobbly (especially if he blew his head off but had had the opportunity to stop him with doing that).

Hard to say though.

There was once a case in the US where a man took a baby hostage and was forcing to slit its throat in front of the police. A police sniper decided the only way to stop him safely was to shoot him in the head. Got a pretty bad rap legally if I remember right, but was praised for making the decision.

Surgeons wrote:

Heh I just finished reading "The Watchman" last night aswell, funny if the guy was called Joe Meehan too.

Only Captain Temple can stop the watchman, a highly dangerous government trained PIRA mole.

The Three Monkeys are the clue!

FatherTed wrote:

hypothetical and not reaaaly related;

when the cumbrian shooter was walking around quite obviously shooting people, what do you think the a)public and b)legal reaction would have been if a farmer had just blown his head off with a shotgun

(assuming the farmer knew without a shadow of a doubt this man had already killed 5+ people, and was 100% certain it was the right man)

In Florida?  He'd be a hero.  A CWP holder can intervene in the commission of a forcible felony.

M.O.A.B wrote:

They're bringing in Tornados to look for him now, up near a place I go walking quite regularly.

Oh?



But seriously, how will they (jets) help? Surely they're better off with helicopters (which I presume they're using).

M.O.A.B wrote:

liquidat0r wrote:

M.O.A.B wrote:

They're bringing in Tornados to look for him now, up near a place I go walking quite regularly.

Oh?

http://i32.tinypic.com/10wmc21.png

But seriously, how will they (jets) help? Surely they're better off with helicopters (which I presume they're using).

Yeah I was a little confused as well. Apparently the jets can use their IR cameras (which I can only assume are more powerful than the helicopter ones) and some sort of mapping system that detects changes in the ground, or something.

tornados have some IR shit in the nose that helps them map the ground ahead of them, so they can hug the ground very fucking close when they fly. i would have thought you would know this

they got him!!!!





sorta



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10500959.stm

m3thod wrote:

lol gazza turned up at where the guy is cornered.

yeah WTF!?!?!?

"come on kids i want a nice photo with the murderer"

im not sure who's more mental, moat or gazza

This is so surreal, Gazza FFS!!

"Shoot me and I'll shoot myself"
The guy's a genius.

wtf police, you're doing it wrong

shoot to kil

Jesus Christ, skip to 3.35

"I brought him a dressing gown, a big jacket, some chicken, some bread, a can of lager and a fishing rod cos' I heard he was by the river".