[lit-ideas] Re: The police are satisfied
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:31:47 -0700
Can anyone here imagine the Bush administration--or any local
cops--admitting to having made such an error, so quickly and publicly? As
tragic as the police mistake was, the forthright government apology sets
Britain's ethos way above the US, to America's shame.
Police in my town shoot and kill people by mistake pretty often--a few a
year, at least. The news never goes beyond the very local area. Apologies?
Never. Instead, quiet monetary settlements.
See, to me the Britain admission of culpability is an example of *good
news*!
hotly,
Carol,
in106 degrees
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Lit-Ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] The police are satisfied
> LONDON, July 23 -- Police announced Saturday that the man officers shot
> dead on a London subway car Friday morning was "not connected" with the
> bombing incidents of the day before. "We are now satisfied that he was not
> connected with the incidents of Thursday 21st July 2005," police said in a
> statement.
>
> Plainclothes police chased a South Asian man into the crowded subway car
> Friday morning and shot him in front of terrified passengers, as the hunt
> intensified for four suspects believed to have carried out abortive bomb
> attacks on the transit system the day before.
>
> "He looked like a cornered rabbit, a cornered fox, absolutely petrified,"
> said Mark Whitby, one of the witnesses. "They pushed him onto the floor,
> bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him. I saw it. He's
> dead."
>
> ---
>
> How nice. The police is now satisfied that the gook, er, gentleman was not
> connected to any crimes.
>
> The gentleman continues to be dead.
>
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
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