By Harry Sloan
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-10-27Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 2 →
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eliminates any necessity for violence or even intended violence on the part of the victim.
How many people would sit impassively in their cars if - in a queue of traffic - they found themselves suddenly menaced by armed policemen? Remember - the slightest move could be used as a pretext for you to be riddled with bullets in "self defence"
Even to roll down the window to find out what was happening could be your last move.
Detective Constable Finch told the court that he shouted the warning "armed police" but 'it did not come out very well at all". • Then - thinking he saw the "suspect" reach for a gun — he shot Steven Waldorf: and his shots were followed up by others from Detective Constable Jardine.
The story makes it clear: nobody — innocent or "guilty" - subjected to such treatment would be safe from the danger of being shot at close range - and