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Originally Posted by Lozzo
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.
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Which they obviously managed to do without resorting to mowing people down with automatic weapons in a crowded street.
Throwing paint would be a bit of a small crime to get shot for, but whoever threw the brick or whatever I could understand if they were shot in the process of doing it, who was to know it was not a grenade or something.
I don't see why you would be gutted someone was not killed. There was nothing to be gained from it, every chance that it would have led to a massively increased mob effect and more violence, then or soon after. Plus the very likely chance that a stray round or one going straight through would take out some other poor bugger who was just walking down the street.