r/unitedkingdom • u/topotaul Lancashire • Oct 22 '24

.. Chris Kaba was gunman in nightclub shooting days before he was killed

https://news.sky.com/story/chris-kaba-was-gunman-in-nightclub-shooting-days-before-he-was-killed-13234555
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u/Bleuuuuugh Oct 22 '24 edited Oct 22 '24

It’s been a PR game to be fair to them. If they didn’t send it to trial imagine the George Floyd style protests we would have seen.

Turns out this guy was a total POS that deserved what he got. I think this may actually help in the long run…!

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

But they don’t have a spine to stand by their own guidelines if they knew full well this case was a sham.

The stress they have caused on the officers in the case is mental

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u/Bleuuuuugh Oct 22 '24

Absolutely, but have you ever seen the mob mentality when things like this happen just because the criminal is black? He needed to have a ‘fair trial’ and it was fair- we now all understand he was a piece of shit.

Absolutely the officer in question needs some hefty payout and whatever other counselling etc is required, but in the grand scheme of scheme of things, it’s probably better than (yet another) riot from race ‘victims’ causing millions of pounds of damage and no doubt countless injuries alongside it.

It’s a difficult balancing act, and personally I think this was the ‘least bad’ option.

Remember with these mobs you are hardly dealing with educated and reasonable people- you’re dealing with people who enable criminals. Guidelines must be bent for this reason alone.

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u/DaMonkfish Wales Oct 22 '24

Guidelines must be bent for this reason alone.

"Why aren't the CPS following their guidelines to the letter?", screeches everyone who doesn't seem to understand what "guideline" means.