Be interesting to see exactly what led to the incident happening at that particular time, cos from reading that loads of innocent folks were put at risk.
Including the poor sod driving the 'cab'.
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Tottenham police shooting: Dead man was minicab passenger |
Tottenham police shooting: Dead man was minicab passenger 5 August 2011 A man shot dead by police in north London was a passenger in a minicab stopped during a planned operation, the police watchdog has said. Officers stopped the car in Ferry Lane, Tottenham, on Thursday to carry out an arrest when the 29-year-old man, named locally as Mark Duggan, was shot. Three shots were fired. A bullet was found lodged in a police radio. A police officer was also injured in the incident, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said. The injured officer has since been discharged from hospital. The incident took place in Tottenham Hale at about 18:15 BST and Mr Duggan died at the scene. The IPCC said the dead man had lived in the local area and his family has been informed. However, the exact sequence of events is still being investigated, the IPCC said. Two shots were fired by an officer and it is believed that one shot was discharged from an illegal firearm inside the car. 'Distressing and disturbing' A statement from the IPCC said: "At around 6.15 officers from Trident, accompanied by officers from the Specialist Firearms Command (CO19), stopped a minicab in Ferry Lane, Tottenham to carry out an arrest. "Shots were fired and a 29-year-old man, who was a passenger in the cab, died at the scene. "The attempted arrest was part of a pre-planned operation under Trident. "It is believed that two shots were fired by a firearms officer, equipped with a Heckler and Koch MP5 carbine. "A non-police issue handgun was recovered at the scene. An officer's radio which appears to have a bullet lodged in it has also been recovered." The police radio and the handgun have been sent for forensic tests and officers are studying footage from CCTV cameras in the area. A post-mortem examination is due to be held later. IPCC commissioner Rachel Cerfontyne said: "Fatal shootings by the police are extremely rare and understandably raise significant community concerns. "I will make certain that this investigation is thorough and answers the many questions that everyone has when such an incident occurs." Appealing for witnesses to the shooting, she added: "I fully recognise how distressing and disturbing this must be for the family and the local community." 'Not a troublemaker' David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, said he was "shocked and deeply worried" about the incident. "I think there's quite a lot of anxiety now in the community, but we should try to stay calm and not rush to judgement," he said. Local resident Jay Crowned, 39, said he knew Mr Duggan. "He's not a troublemaker but he's been down since his friend was stabbed in Mile End in around April this year," he said. "His friend was like a brother and he lost him brutally. Since then he's been really down." "He's never had trouble with the police before." Another resident David Akinsanya, who was at the scene of the fatal shooting soon after the incident, said a witness told him that a police officer had shouted to the man to stop "a couple of times", but the man had not heeded the warning. The witness, who lives next to the spot where it happened, then heard four shots, Mr Akinsanya said. Source; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14423942 |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:19 pm ] |
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Be interesting to see exactly what led to the incident happening at that particular time, cos from reading that loads of innocent folks were put at risk. Including the poor sod driving the 'cab'.
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:10 am ] |
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Sussex wrote: Be interesting to see exactly what led to the incident happening at that particular time, cos from reading that loads of innocent folks were put at risk.
Including the poor sod driving the 'cab'. PH ! |
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| Author: | GBC [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:38 am ] |
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A story about Minicabs and crime? How novel. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:03 am ] |
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no other country in europe would let these riots occur, maybe we should outsource riot cover from spain or bulgaria? |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:45 am ] |
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wannabeeahack wrote: no other country in europe would let these riots occur, maybe we should outsource riot cover from spain or bulgaria?
Its an Olympic smoke screen so the dont have to pay out on the compulsory purchase and they get the rout cleared for next to nothing. the french and poles are good at this |
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| Author: | Nidge [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:38 am ] |
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I'm sorry but he was attached to a gang and a firearm was found within touching distance of him. IMO he was ready to roll but he got took out by one of the biggest and best gangs London has to offer. |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:41 am ] |
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Gun-toting drug thug Mark Duggan an unlikely martyr August 10, 201112:00AM 
Staring at the camera and making a gun symbol with his fingers, he is the dead "gangster" whose death sparked the Tottenham riots Mark Duggan, 29, was travelling in a minicab in North London on Friday when it was stopped by officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Trident, which fights black-on-black gun crime. The officers were armed with Heckler & Koch sub-machineguns. Moments later Duggan, a father of four, was dead. An inquest heard last night that Duggan died of a gunshot wound to the chest. He was killed by armed officers trying to carry out an arrest as part of a pre-planned operation. At an inquest which opened at North London Coroner's Court in High Barnet, Colin Sparrow, deputy senior investigator for the Independent Police Complaints Commission, told the brief hearing that their "complex investigation" could take four to six months. Coroner for the Northern District of Greater London Andrew Walker adjourned the hearing to December 12, when a pre-inquest review will be held. On Sunday Duggan's family and friends had marched from the Broadwater Farm estate, where Duggan grew up, to Tottenham police station to demand answers. As night fell the crowd doubled and younger men covering their faces began to arrive following rumours a 16-year-old girl had been attacked by police. The Duggan family group left as some youths started smashing and burning two police cars. Duggan makes an unlikely martyr. On the Broadwater Farm estate he was known as Starrish Mark. The word Starrish denoted his membership of a notorious violent crew called The Star Gang. Source; http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/g ... 6112003763 |
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