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2004-10-14 Europe
British police respond to armed break in six hours later to recover bodies
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Posted by Dar 2004-10-14 2:44:19 PM|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Thank you Labor party!
Posted by Secret Master 2004-10-14 3:14:07 PM||   2004-10-14 3:14:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Cue Public Enemy's "911's a Joke."
Posted by danking70 2004-10-14 3:20:45 PM||   2004-10-14 3:20:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I heard they have a problem in England that folks will occasionally dial 911 for the emergency services because they saw that on TV. Is that true? If so why not use both numbers.

This case is sad, but if the guy killed them, then killed himself, it means they were dead. They would still have been dead if the bobbies arrived ten minutes later. Bad public relations yes, but if the cops were actually saving a life or stopping a crime somewhere I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by rjschwarz  2004-10-14 3:24:12 PM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com]  2004-10-14 3:24:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 rj--I am so flabbergasted by your comment, it's hard to know where to start. Do you seriously think a nearly SEVEN HOUR reponse time is appropriate for a report of a violent break in? If emergency services are responding to another call and can't be there in 10 minutes, should they just assume everybody's dead and take their time?

Did your read the 999 transcript associated with the article? There are gunshots audible on the tape--the woman claims she hears her son crying out in pain--the operator tells her officers are on the way--and finally the woman's psycho ex-husband finds her. Go read the transcript and tell me again this is just "bad public relations"!
Posted by Dar  2004-10-14 3:42:49 PM||   2004-10-14 3:42:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I should correct what I wrote--it's not a seven hour reponse time, but it took that long before the officers had the means/courage/conviction to enter the house. Until that moment, they were apparently little more than spectators. They sure did a good job of ensuring anyone who may have been wounded had ample time to bleed to death. I expect they also ensured any concerned neighbors, relatives, or Good Samaritans in general were prevented from entering and helping the victims, too.
Posted by Dar  2004-10-14 3:52:35 PM||   2004-10-14 3:52:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 For the love of god, people! These cops are busy. They have to drink their tea and eat their crumpets and complain about US foreign policy and bad mouth Blair. Seriously, cut them some slack!
Posted by Quarterdeck 2004-10-14 4:34:35 PM||   2004-10-14 4:34:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Add this to the Tony Martin outrage.

"We won't defend you and we won't let you defend yourself."
Posted by jackal  2004-10-14 4:44:38 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2004-10-14 4:44:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Tony Martin? He's got nothin to do with this! its Bush's fault! its a big bush conspiracy! Mike Moore told me so. Lets just blame everything on Bush!!! (extreme sarcasm)
Posted by Quarterdeck 2004-10-14 4:50:26 PM||   2004-10-14 4:50:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 It's the UK where 99% of the cops are not armed. Unarmed cops are not going to enter a building where an armed person is. The armed ones are are always second guessed regardless of the outcome. If they didn't enter it was the decision of some micromanaging supeior oficer. The outcome is messed up but we in the US have had similar situations. Here they do something about it. IN the UK they paper it over and tell people they are wrong for questioning it.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-14 6:07:41 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-14 6:07:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Tell 'em Dar!
Posted by Shipman 2004-10-14 6:52:35 PM||   2004-10-14 6:52:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The armed ones are are always second guessed regardless of the outcome.

Damn straight!

After years of whining about the Cincinnati police "killing young black boys" while citing 17 cases -- 15 of which were self-defense or the defense of others -- the Cincinnati police bought tasers and got all the required training. The result?

Letter: Reckless use of Tasers

Note that the letter is from the local racial hustlers who incited the 2001 riot.
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-10-14 7:32:09 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-10-14 7:32:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Well they can use the tasers on the letter writers in a discreet way.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-14 7:41:26 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-14 7:41:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Better to make appointments with British Bobbies and crazy ex-husbands so everyone can converge at the same time. Tea time is blocked out.
Posted by ed 2004-10-14 7:52:42 PM||   2004-10-14 7:52:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 It is very understandable why it took 7 hours to respond.All the officers were out in the country installing cameras to catch those dastardly fox hunters.
Posted by Stephen 2004-10-14 8:46:59 PM||   2004-10-14 8:46:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 It is very understandable why it took 7 hours to respond.All the officers were out in the country installing cameras to catch those dastardly fox hunters.
Posted by Stephen 2004-10-14 8:47:25 PM||   2004-10-14 8:47:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 It is very understandable why it took 7 hours to respond.All the officers were out in the country installing cameras to catch those dastardly fox hunters.
Posted by Stephen 2004-10-14 8:53:31 PM||   2004-10-14 8:53:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 it's not getting any funnier Stephen ;-)
Posted by 2b 2004-10-14 9:09:28 PM||   2004-10-14 9:09:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 I apologize for multiple posts.When I hit Publish earlier I got 502 page not found message,so I resubmitted.I'll figure this "internets" thing out one of these days.
Posted by Stephen 2004-10-14 11:55:43 PM||   2004-10-14 11:55:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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