Huddersfield

I remembered about the police shooting in Huddersfield last January again this morning, a shooting where I think the police have a duty to explain themselves, to explain why shoot to kill was justified. As from two hundred miles away it does not appear to be justified. No reason why the person shot could not have been invited to surrender.

The fact that the Sun presented this person, back in January, as a violent career criminal does not change any of this. This is not the Philippines.

We do now have an update from the IPCC at reference 1, but an update which adds little to what we already knew. An update which refers to but does not explain ongoing criminal proceedings - citing them as one reason for the lack of update. At least the IPCC has not forgotten about the business.

Reference 1: https://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/investigation-update-%E2%80%93-fatal-police-shooting-yassar-yaqub-huddersfield.

Reference 2: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/not-yet-checked.html.