UK Police at Fault? Not
All the uproar of whether the UK Police shoud apologize for shooting a non-respsonsive civilian reminds me of a Babylon 5 quote:
I apologize. I’m… sorry. [pause] I’m sorry we had to defend ourselves against an unwarranted attack. I’m sorry that your crew was stupid enough to fire on a station filled with a quarter million civilians, including your own people. And I’m sorry I waited as long as I did before I blew them all straight to hell.
Menezes was wearing a large overcoat on a hot day, failed to respond to police requests to stop and went over the turnstiles towards the tunnels and onto a train just a few days after bombing attacks in the same type of area.
What exactly should the police have thought?
Menezes death is regrettable and the family’s grief is understandable, but the police did their job.
