Grand Theft Auto is to Blame again

[Getofmeland]

The reason why he threatened the public, was down to the media and the police... If anything they have NO right to release personal information about him, it didn't relate to the case, it just gave fuel to the fire...

I think this raises a major issue around how the media report on things, I think this now the time to change things, information was being published left right and centre about Moat's and lets be honest the guy was messed up, so telling the world about every little detail of his life, was it really necessary?? In some ways I think the media has grown too big, and that there should be embargo's in place especially in cases like this, however the Police are no better for releasing it..

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Lets face it, wasn't known to the public, but any risk to the public or police, he was the most wanted man in Britain, the SAS would of been there working with the police but it would never of been made known to the public...

Good point, 99.999999999999999999% of what they do isn't known by the public, not sure why i expected this to be different

I don't understand why people are admiring how he evaded capture. The fact he did is worrying, what if he carried out random attacks on memebrs of the public. Like the guy who did similar a few weeks ago, both people did/could have left a long trail of bodies.

Theres a group on Facebook proclaiming him as a legend for doing what he did. That is just wrong.

I'm not admiring saying it's a good thing, more that I'm shocked that anyone could evade capture that long withevery man and his dog out searching for them

 

[TRF_Cymro]

When I saw a facebook group about Moat being a legend I thought wtf are people doing championing this bloke. He killed someone and then went on a possible rampage which could have lead to more deaths. He had hundreds of people fearing for their lives. Yes I have joked about it but now its all quite serious. Moat knew the region and area very well and it that reason alone he was able to hide for such a period of time.

Its serious mainly because the fact he managed to evade the police for so long. The police force in charge have a lot to answer for. How and why did this man escape being detected and what were the police doing. For me the whole thing spans down to how poor our police force is. We champion them when they get something right but when they make a cock-up its almost covered up. Like that lad that got shot in the London Tube Station, proves that they try and cover their asses when they can. Serious enquires have to be made into how the Police force there are ran and maybe its time for an overhaul.

Regarding the media. They have the right to tell people who and what person Moats was, but the way it got out of hand by the media was terrible. The British Media affects and controls many a thing. A good example of the media is how they hyped England up in the World Cup and then when they actually played turned against them. The media handled Moats case poorly but I believe they have a right to say and bring to people's attention how dangerous a man Moats is. What the media did morally was wrong but they are allowed to provide the information by right unless there is a court injunction stopping it.

The debate will rage on.

On another note, Police apparently according to the BBC fired two taser shots at him. Could they have by any chance set of the gun he had in possession?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

On another note, Police apparently according to the BBC fired two taser shots at him. Could they have by any chance set of the gun he had in possession?

It's a good point, if he had his finger on the trigger a taser could've made his finger spasm/clench.
Snipers these days, in hostage situations, are told to shoot through the neck/spine now, as a headshot can couse their muscles to spasm and them to fire, whereas hitting the spinal cord just stops all signals etc.

 

[Saints1]

Whilst Gazza rules, and I have no problem with live coverage of sieges, this has been a bit of a shambles really.