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02-03-11, 06:26 PM #1
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Man shot dead by off-duty officer in Belfast
BBC News - Man shot dead by off-duty officer in Belfast
More at linkA man has been shot dead by an off-duty police officer during a suspected robbery at a petrol station.
The PSNI said it happened on the Albertbridge Road in east Belfast at 1905 GMT on Thursday.
It is believed the dead man, who was in his 20s, was armed with a knife and was attempting to rob the filling station.
Peter O'Sullivan from the NI Police Ombudsman office said: "Unfortunately the person was shot by an off-duty police officer."
It is believed the officer was in the petrol station when the robbery is alleged to have taken place.
He opened fire at the man and he died at the scene. Nobody else was injured in the incident"all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke.
"the world is a dangerous place place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who do not do anything about it" Albert Einstein
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02-03-11, 07:28 PM #2
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Score 1 for the good guys.
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02-03-11, 09:02 PM #3
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I love happy endings. Now let's hope they don't try and screw with the officer
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02-04-11, 02:34 AM #4
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Do not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me
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02-04-11, 05:44 AM #5
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Well done that man.
Foolish thief forgot that PSNI carry off duty as well.
Hoping the Monday morning quaterbacks don't screw him over for taking care of business.
My that last sentence sounded very American, heaven help me.the sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
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02-04-11, 07:13 AM #6
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Sounds like heaven is helping
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Peter O'Sullivan from the NI Police Ombudsman office said: "Unfortunately the person was shot by an off-duty police officer."
Allow me to attempt to translate that into uncivil American English : "Fortunate were the clerk and customers of the gas station that this knife wielding menace was neutralized before anyone was hurt. Unfortunately an officer, off-duty at the time, will have to live with the consequences this robber created."
There, even kept the emphasis adverb intact and didn't change the facts of the account. Surely nobody will complain.
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02-04-11, 09:25 AM #7
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There is hope for you yet.
Best wishes for the involved officer.SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
"It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If your honest , your poor your whole life. And , In the end , you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."
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