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   "Michael Myers"  wrote in message   
   news:cXvwd.2169$yK.2153@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...   
   > "ROBBIE"  wrote...   
   > > BBC London news today covering the shooting by police of Derek Bennett   
   who   
   > > was holding a relica pistol.   
   > >   
   > > The inquest concluded 'lawful killing'. BBC clearly didn't like that. No   
   > > interview with anyone but a black BBC Reporter who opined--opining is   
   > > something BBC Reporters are often doing I note--that there must be a new   
   way   
   > > for the police to handle mentally ill people with replica guns. Hmm,   
   like   
   > > what, I thought, mindreading? Ouiji Board?   
   > > That Derek Bennett had been rampaging round the streets of Brixton   
   behaving   
   > > in a psychotic state with the replica gun, that Derek Bennett WAS   
   HOLDING   
   > > THAT REPLICA PISTOL TO SOMEONE'S HEAD when the police arrived was NOT   
   > > MENTIONED BY THE BBC. Not, indeed, by his brother outside the court who   
   was   
   > > saying it was all a conspiracy of 'the British Establishment, that   
   always   
   > > looks after its own.'   
   > >   
   > > Now, I ask the assembled Guardian readers and 'Hey look, I'm nice'   
   lefties   
   > > here: if someone you knew did what Derek Bennett did and got popped,   
   would   
   > > you want two inquests? And what do you think about the inflammatory BBC   
   > > reporting: do you think this is what the corporation is for?   
   >   
   > I'm an American who fiercely believes in the right to possess firearms,   
   and   
   > also with some experience with dealing with mentally-ill people, and also   
   > hates police officers.  Along with the constitutional right to keep and   
   bear   
   > arms also comes the requirement to use them responsibly.  I'm sorry, but   
   one   
   > does not have the right to brandish a fake gun and not expect to get shot   
   by   
   > police or others.  I can bring up a case from when I lived in Las Vegas   
   where   
   > a teenage boy got drunk or something, was hiding in bushes, and pointed a   
   > starter gun at police who showed up to investigate.  Naturally he was shot   
   > by the police, even though in actuality he posed no danger to them.  I   
   really   
   > don't give a flying fuck what was going through the kid's head, at the   
   moment   
   > he was perceived to be a lethal threat to others and the police responded   
   > accordingly to protect both themselves and the public.   
   >   
      
   Well yes, that's what I'm saying.   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
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