[Vicky.]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2RkRGFnKm

An unarmed man shot dead by a police marksman as he sat in a car was wrongly suspected only weeks before of stealing a computer memory stick containing the names of 1,075 police informants.

- Days after police decided they had no evidence against Grainger over the theft, they began six- weeks of covert surveillance called Operation Shire directed at him and two associates. It involved nearly 100 officers.

- Statements by the Operation Shire team reveal no sign that Grainger or the others had weapons or access to them. But on the morning of the incident, the 16-strong police armed response team involved in his shooting was briefed that he and his friends were highly dangerous and likely to fire at police if challenged.

- In the wake of his death, legal documents show, police searched Grainger’s house and those of his associates – and seized numerous computer memory sticks. None of them was the missing device.

So what do we think of this then?

Sounds extremely dodgy to me :S

[arista]

Tragic


Police got it wrong , again

[Nedusa]

At least it's not a table leg or sword shaped walking stick..!!!

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by arista

Tragic


Police got it wrong , again

Well it does seem there a bit more to the story than it seems. Guy has a history of car theft and was in a stolen car at the time of the killing. Though quite why they would shoot him I dont know... Just seems...convenient that this happens after he is accused of having sensitive police data :/