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Originally Posted by Tommy H
Had someone got shot there would have been cries of "so a royal life is more important that a students?".
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If a protester had been shot I'd have seen it as the officer concerned doing the job he has been trained and is paid to do. I'm pretty gutted none of the protesters were shot and killed because launching an attack like that on the car was life threatening and those officers are deployed to protect the lives of the Royals in that car.
It shouldn't have to come down to a Royal being killed before action can be taken. Clearly the attackers were not friendly and were shouting slogans like "off with their heads" and suchlike while trying to smash windows - in those circumstances the Police should be allowed to pre-empt a strike and move in to take out the attackers and keep them out with whatever force or weapons are required.