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Police Group OKs Shooting Suicide Bombers in Head

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akubi

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cliffs:
1. if police think you match a certain profile,
2. they can/will shoot you in the head without question.


By REUTERS
Published: August 4, 2005

Filed at 1:25 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An international organization representing police chiefs has broadened its policy for the use of deadly force by telling officers to shoot suspected suicide bombers in the head, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police issued new guidelines to its 20,000 members about two weeks before British police shot dead a Brazilian electrician because they mistook him for a suicide bomber, the newspaper said.

U.S. law enforcement officers typically had been authorized previously to use deadly force if lives were in imminent danger, the newspaper said.

Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot repeatedly in the head by plainclothes officers on July 22 at a London underground station as police hunted suspects in a failed bombing attack on the city transit system a day earlier.

The Washington Post said the international police chiefs group produced a new training guide for confronting suicide bomber suspects after the July 7 attacks on three London underground trains and a bus that killed at least 56 people, including four bombers.

According to the newspaper, the guide recommends that if lethal force is needed to stop someone who fits a certain behavioral profile, the officer should ``aim for the head.'' The intent is to kill the suspect instantly so the person could not set off a bomb if one is strapped to the person's chest, the newspaper said.

Among signs to look for listed in the police organization's behavioral profile are wearing a heavy coat in warm weather, carrying a backpack with protrusions or visible wires, nervousness, excessive sweating or an unwillingness to make eye contact, the Post said.

According to the newspaper, the new guidelines also say the threat does not have to be ``imminent'' -- as in traditional police training -- an officer just needs to have a ``reasonable basis'' for believing a suspect can detonate a bomb.
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Originally posted by: akubi
Among signs to look for listed in the police organization's behavioral profile are wearing a heavy coat in warm weather, carrying a backpack with protrusions or visible wires, nervousness, excessive sweating or an unwillingness to make eye contact, the Post said.
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Nice. That fits a ton of insecure, overweight IT guys that I know.
 
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Originally posted by: akubi
Among signs to look for listed in the police organization's behavioral profile are wearing a heavy coat in warm weather, carrying a backpack with protrusions or visible wires, nervousness, excessive sweating or an unwillingness to make eye contact, the Post said.
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Nice. That fits a ton of insecure, overweight IT guys that I know.
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LOL

🙁 Does this mean ATOT population is going to die? I mean, "WE CANNOT go out in public anymore ATOT'ers!"!!
 
I just hope they educate the fat pig cops to be able to sniff the difference between an Ipod and a bomb.

 
I guess a lot of backpackers better get ready to be shot in the head. Let me see, last summer while backpacking through Europe I fit the following:

- large backpack with stuff sticking out -- no, really? a month away from home and I have lots of stuff? :Q wires? good thing I didn't listen to MP3s much
- excessive sweating -- lots of stuff in backpack plus I sweat a lot
- nervousness -- never been to this country, don't speak the laguage, yeah
- unwillingness to make eye contact -- W(ho)TF makes eye contact with cops anyway?

Must be a terrorist, please shoot me!!! :roll: WHAT A BUNCH OF NONSENSE.
 
Originally posted by: oboeguy
I guess a lot of backpackers better get ready to be shot in the head. Let me see, last summer while backpacking through Europe I fit the following:

- large backpack with stuff sticking out -- no, really? a month away from home and I have lots of stuff? :Q wires? good thing I didn't listen to MP3s much
- excessive sweating -- lots of stuff in backpack plus I sweat a lot
- nervousness -- never been to this country, don't speak the laguage, yeah
- unwillingness to make eye contact -- W(ho)TF makes eye contact with cops anyway?

Must be a terrorist, please shoot me!!! :roll: WHAT A BUNCH OF NONSENSE.
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Liberal weenie!!
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
I just hope they educate the fat pig cops to be able to sniff the difference between an Ipod and a bomb.
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Doubtful. Most cops are fumbleducks.

Can't wait until the pigs drop their first innocent man. That will be one day I'm happy to be living in lawsuit-happy America.
 
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: brxndxn
I just hope they educate the fat pig cops to be able to sniff the difference between an Ipod and a bomb.
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Doubtful. Most cops are fumbleducks.

Can't wait until the pigs drop their first innocent man. That will be one day I'm happy to be living in lawsuit-happy America.
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As much as I disagree with almost everything jpeyton says, I'm with him on this one.
 
I guess real terrorists will stop now as they turned cops into terrorists.
Congratulation on Cops stealing terrorists' job.
 
Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: brxndxn
I just hope they educate the fat pig cops to be able to sniff the difference between an Ipod and a bomb.
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Doubtful. Most cops are fumbleducks.

Can't wait until the pigs drop their first innocent man. That will be one day I'm happy to be living in lawsuit-happy America.
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As much as I disagree with almost everything jpeyton says, I'm with him on this one.
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I agree too, especially if JPeyton is the victim.

 
Gah. What a bunch of idiots. Oh..like they'd be so obvious to have wires sticking out of their backpacks. They're going to end up capping some punk ass kid using his ipod while wearing a hoody and some shorts.
 
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (boy that's a mouthfull) has no power to make this happen. Everyone is getting worked up over nothing.

edit: or am I missing something here?
 
I'm cool with it as long as they shove a couple strips of bacon and sausage links into the exit hole. Can't let the prick get free martyrdom from Allah 😛
 
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