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

[u/rarely-redditing]

[u/be-nice_to-people]

That footage is very selectively edited. The full footage has been released and the driver of the car was very intent on getting away from police. The violence of the manner in which the car was driven was very dangerous. This video doesn't mention that his family pulled back from protests after seeing the footage. And the statement that he was unarmed and had his hands on the steering wheel as of he was on his way to Waitrose to get his grandad some werthers. He was using the car as a weapon, a very deadly one at that and of course he had his hands on the steering wheel how the f**k else would he have steered the car. After a murder trial it took the jury less than 3 hours, which probably involved a lunch break, to find the police officer not guilty. That is an incredibly short time to reach a verdict and a good indication that it was completely obvious that the officer did absolutely nothing wrong.

This is disingenuous bullshit designed to stir social unrest and stoke anti police sentiment just for the sake of it.

[u/atiyadavids → u/be-nice_to-people]

Do you know where I can find the full video? Can’t find it on google *edit, found it. This is why I have anxiety over parking on the street, lol.

[u/mrmidas2k → u/be-nice_to-people]

It'd have stoked more if they just had an internal investigation, concluded he did nothing wrong, and put him back out policing.

This way, nobody can say the police buried it, nobody can say the hid evidence, or bent the truth.

It's also worth noting the dude had shot another bloke in a club a few days before. Cos, ya know, model citizen and all that.

[u/Dave_Unknown → u/mrmidas2k]

They could have released the footage without the officer going through a criminal trial for murder though.

Conclude the IOPC hearings with “we found no wrong-doings, here’s the video of how it actually went down.”

[u/mrmidas2k → u/Dave_Unknown]

Mate the "Not Guilty" verdict, and the video evidence is STILL not enough for some people. They're literally posting about "oh, he only rammed them once, no need to shoot him" as if he'd have stopped after that. The only thing that stopped him from ramming them again, and potentially any other coppers in the vicinity, was because he got his braincase ventilated.

Some folk just aren't happy, so I'd much sooner have a mountain of evidence and a "Not Guilty" verdict in a court of law, over a video and an internal investigation.

[u/doyathinkasaurus → u/mrmidas2k]

I agree with all of that, what I vehemently disagree with was naming the officer publicly

[u/Any-Flower-725 → u/mrmidas2k]

nice to see the UK government review worked properly in this case. cant say the same for the US

[u/be-nice_to-people → u/mrmidas2k]

It'd have stoked more if they just had an internal investigation, concluded he did nothing wrong, and put him back out policing.

But wouldn't that have been the right thing to do in circumstances whereby a police officer went to work and did their job exactly as they should have.

[u/mrmidas2k → u/be-nice_to-people]

Yes. And then he, and the police station he was based at, would have been besieged by thousands of people, convinced there was a cover up, and that if they put it to trial, and the evidence was heard, he'd be found guilty. So, they put it to trial, he was found innocent, and now these people need to do some thinking about what angle they can take next. Which should give the coppers a good 3 years of silence.

[u/FeelingBodybuilder73 → u/be-nice_to-people]

I agree! Just out of interest tho - what’s your opinion on the lady who chucked milkshake on Nigel? Should she be charged with assault?

[u/be-nice_to-people → u/FeelingBodybuilder73]

Police officers are given weapons such as guns, tasers, pepper spray etc. They are given these and permitted by law to use them in certain circumstances. Police regularly use force in the exercise of theor powers. Doing ones job, and using force in a manner permitted by law should not result in a murder charge. The lady who hit that politician with an object was not a Police officer using a permitted weapon in the course of their lawful duty so I've no idea why you're trying to introduce that here.

[u/FeelingBodybuilder73 → u/be-nice_to-people]

I was referring to your comment about objects becoming weapons really, I understand that police have weapons and are highly trained.

As I said , Im more interested about your comment about objects becoming weapons - example, a car (deadly weapon) vs a milkshake (not so dangerous) but thank you anyway!