Execution in London

I am old enough to have grown up in London, when there were real British bobbies. Some of you will know the television and film copper, George Dixon, who was very popular on the BBC in the 1950’s and 60’s.

Then policemen in London rarely if ever, carried guns.

Now, Sir Ian Blair, the Commisioner has stated that in London, 10% of all police now carry guns. It does not make me happy, as guns have this annoying habit of killing people. My wife and I are very much involved in horse-racing and remember the trainer, Alex Scott, who died because there was a gun at hand, whilst an argument was taking place. A wife widowed and two children lost their father, because control was lost.

On Friday, a man was shot dead in Stockwell station on the London Underground.

Perhaps shot dead is the wrong term, as he was held down by plain clothes police and then shot five times in the head. They may have believed he was a Asian bomber, but he was a Brazilian electrician. And guilty of nothing at all. He was even a legal immigrant and fluent in English.

That is execution!

I am against execution, where a judge and jury are involved, but when it happens at the hands of the police it is murder pure and simple.

What sickens me more is that people like the mayor of London, Ken Livingston, who has shared platforms with apologists for such friendly groups, as the IRA and Al’Qaida, say that the killing was justified.

I’ve recently read a book which describes parts of WW2 in Norway in great detail. In one instance, the British shot a lot of Germans, so that they obtained an Enigma code book. Even then they gave the men they had killed the proper rights and emotions.

That was sadly lacking after Stockwell.

Sir Ian Blair should resign. Sorry is not enough!