Britain Today.

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I like this thread.  A running log of dysfunction in a particular country.

Cheers

I waited until Saturday morning (UK time) to reply due to more 'information' coming in about the shooting
and it's still quite sketchy. I agree with you F2d5thCav, this nation is dysfunctional and one of the main
causes is the constant media-drive on being weak.

On the BBC news channel, they reported that that suspect was arrested for an alleged drugs offence and
possession of ammunition. Ignoring the 'feelz' rhetoric from the New Zealand Prime Minister -where the
dead Officer originated, here's the BBC's website explanation of they've supposedly been told what happened.

"...Sgt Ratana - known as Matt - was shot in the chest at Croydon Custody Centre at about 02:15 BST on Friday.
After the shooting, the 23-year-old suspect is then thought to have shot himself.

The suspect had initially been arrested for an alleged drugs offence and possession of ammunition.
The shots were fired as officers prepared to search the suspect -who was still handcuffed -with a metal detector,
according to watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). He remains in a critical condition in
hospital..."

Sgt Matiu Ratana and Met Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick


So it seems this shooter had his hands confined behind himself and yet somehow, acquired a firearm whilst in
the Custody Centre and hadn't been searched up to that point. Another indication of how frightened and weak
the politicized Police Force have become in Britain when it comes to dealing with a particular ethnicity.

The suspect then fired the weapon from his stifled position into the Officer's chest and then still handcuffed
from behind, shot himself! Where...?in the ass?!

"...The suspect was known previously to counter-terrorism officials and had previously been referred to the
government's Prevent programme, which is designed to stop people joining extremist groups and carrying
out terrorist activities..."

BooBoo C:

But even though the feeling of invasion has long been with the more-peaceful members of Sadiq Khan's
city, the Met Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said "the shooting was not being treated as 
terror-related."

Dame Dick... shall we continue?

Londinstan is well populated with diversity and it seems that some of them have the abilities of Jack Reacher
and Robert McCall of 'The Equalizer' fame. It also seems that law enforcement have lost their own ability to
enforce real laws that benefit the public and now tend to effectuate those that involve a flu.