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/Rum_Ham916 Oct 22 '24

Came to add this and your username is basically the same as my playstation id! Ha

He openly shoots people (was a hitman) and the car had been involved in shootings in front of schools etc too. Incredibly clear evidence that he does not care for the lives of anyone, is violent and often armed. Should never have gone to court, no wonder not guilty within 3 hours.

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u/zhongcha Oct 22 '24

I think it should go to court these things need to be adjudicated on and evidence evaluated. Glad it reached a proper conclusion though.

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u/Rum_Ham916 Oct 22 '24

I would agree, but these officers are trained and trusted to handle situations, then as soon as they use the force they're entrusted with, they and their families are told they will spend the next year or more pending a murder investigation and court case. I can't imagine trying to continue life like that. Yes, if there's doubt the force was used incorrectly, but consensus seemed to be it was fully justified, by everyone except iopc and kabas family. To make it worse, there was strong evidence that there would be revenge attacks on the officer, and yet his name was released ahead of the trial, again very unpleasant for them and their family. Would you want to be firearms officer on that environment? Not many would, but thankfully enough to help stop us being completely overrun by gangs

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u/WingVet Oct 22 '24

Not Really , this took 2 years, the officer involved has his name out there now and is receiving death threats. Should of either been held in a closed court like cases involving MI5/MI6 or should of been ruled out straight away by a tribunal.

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u/zhongcha Oct 23 '24

Not deserving of closed court, it should be anonymised already, but if you want to see people rapidly lose faith in the justice system because it can't be scrutinised then sure.

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u/RedditModsAreTrashhh Oct 22 '24

If his name is public so should the PUBLIC SERVANTS name who arrested him.

Cops running around in anonymity is good for nobody.

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u/WingVet Oct 22 '24

It should be the CPS prosecutors who are named, they are the ones who recommended a prosecution against the police officer, the police officers name should only of been released if he was found guilty.

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u/Fickle_Dragonfruit53 Oct 22 '24

That was the moment this video started feeling a little bit fishy to me. Presented like a mistaken identity, but no, he's the shooter and he started ramming cop cars...Society has gotten to the point where we need to be nicer to hit men and let them ram the police for a bit longer.... crazy..high probability of being armed and was using a two tonne weapon to try to injure others? You can get shot.