Gunfight in English village 2 killed

[nigel99 617]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6992936.stm

Excuse the sensational title - it was specially done for JR as it seems to have been missed in his crime spotting from across the pond

Seriously though I heard a little analysis on the radio and they were questioning how the police could be lying in wait and yet 2 people still died. Police shootings are pretty rare here, and it is probably unprecedented to have 2 fatalities.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[Amazon 7]

Good Job.... that is just amazing that his UK or England gun search failed today

[Scoop 0]

It was members of that team that shot and killed an armed robber in the sleepy town that is my beat.. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article1948933.ece

Seems they are getting confident in their use of force, something which is traditionally only used to lower extents in the UK. Good for them

For your info when the family came to show respects where our robber was shot dead by police the town stood around in silence staring at them and when they left they removed all the tributes and flowers and disposed of them.

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[JohnRich 4]

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Excuse the sensational title - it was specially done for JR as it seems to have been missed in his crime spotting from across the pond.

I've got you guys so afraid of my messages, that you're now posting them yourself, in pre-emptive strikes. I can now just sit back and enjoy the action!

Headline coming soon: "Police who shot bank robbers, charged with murder".

Oh, here's the same story from The Sun.

The Sun did a better job on the story than did that bastion of the truth, the BBC. Compare the two stories. Then show me how The Sun can't be trusted to tell the truth.

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The Sun did a better job on the story than did that bastion of the truth, the BBC. Compare the two stories. Then show me how The Sun can't be trusted to tell the truth.

Interested to hear how you made that judgement. Were you on the scene?

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The Sun did a better job on the story than did that bastion of the truth, the BBC. Compare the two stories. Then show me how The Sun can't be trusted to tell the truth.

Interested to hear how you made that judgement. Were you on the scene?

The story in The Sun gave more details, more and better photos, and a diagram. Simple. The Sun beat the BBC on this story.

While you may be trying to cast discredit upon The Sun, you haven't shown anything from their story that doesn't jive with what any other news story is saying.

Just because The Sun has a reputation for some sensationalism, doesn't mean that every story they print is false.

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The Sun did a better job on the story than did that bastion of the truth, the BBC. Compare the two stories. Then show me how The Sun can't be trusted to tell the truth.

Interested to hear how you made that judgement. Were you on the scene?

The story in The Sun gave more details, more and better photos, and a diagram. Simple. The Sun beat the BBC on this story.

While you may be trying to cast discredit upon The Sun, you haven't shown anything from their story that doesn't jive with what any other news story is saying.

Just because The Sun has a reputation for some sensationalism, doesn't mean that every story they print is false.

Woah there, I didn't say anything about The Sun.

Your original post implied that The Sun's story was more accurate, and I don't see that that's the case. Presentation and tone differs, but they both cover the facts. And to be fair to the BBC, they had the story first - check the dates on http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6992936.stm to http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007420857,00.html

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Presentation and tone differs, but they both cover the facts.

Thank you for acknowledging that the story in The Sun is the equal of the story from the BBC, in regards to factual reporting of the robbery.

That's my point. Some people here are quick to condemn The Sun's stories based upon generalities, and without bothering to judge them in individual circumstances. And that is wrong. They shouldn't judge them to always be wrong, just because some of their stories are overly sensational. They should instead judge on a case by case basis.

[kallend 2,148]

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Presentation and tone differs, but they both cover the facts.

Thank you for acknowledging that the story in The Sun is the equal of the story from the BBC, in regards to factual reporting of the robbery.

That's my point. Some people here are quick to condemn The Sun's stories based upon generalities, and without bothering to judge them in individual circumstances. And that is wrong. They shouldn't judge them to always be wrong, just because some of their stories are overly sensational. They should instead judge on a case by case basis.

The National Enquirer has been known to get things right, too.

On the whole, I'd believe Fox News before the NE, though.

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Some people here are quick to condemn The Sun's stories based upon generalities, and without bothering to judge them in individual circumstances. And that is wrong. They shouldn't judge them to always be wrong, just because some of their stories are overly sensational. They should instead judge on a case by case basis.

The average reading age of a Sun article is seven years old. It's more popular reading material among pre-teens than the Beano. I'm not going to waste my time reading puerile garbage just to see if it's accurate.