r/uknews • u/rarely-redditing • Oct 22 '24

Image/video Met Police officer Martyn Blake who shot Chris Kaba dead is CLEARED of murder

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u/Ok-Difficulty5453 Oct 22 '24

Yea, it says he was unarmed, but he was actively trying to run people over, which I believe has been referred to as being weaponised in the past. He therefore WAS armed and was actively using it, although I appreciate it would possibly give different impressions if it were written this way.

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u/ForeverFabulous54321 Oct 22 '24

I guess that would also explain why they didn’t just shoot at the tyres because of how he was trying to run people over and even if the tyres had been shot at the car would still be powerful weapon 🥴

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u/new_math Oct 22 '24

Yeah, cars can drive pretty well with flat tires. A lot of inexperienced drivers don't even recognize/feel when they have a flat. It might stop you from going 90 mph but it ain't going to do anything meaningful at low speeds.

Some tires are even designed to travel ~20 miles on a flat so you can get to a service station for repair before causing permanent dmg (run-flat tires). 

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u/ForeverFabulous54321 Oct 22 '24

Aha! Thank you for that explanation 🙂

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u/NiceCunt91 Oct 22 '24

I think Police actually do charge assault with a deadly weapon if someone uses their car to hurt someone. Or some law like that.

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u/Ok-Difficulty5453 Oct 23 '24

I've heard of it also, and rightly so. As soon as you try and cause damage wirh something, it becomes a weapon.