London riots

I believe that the police men who killed Mark Duggan should be punished, and should be jailed or sentenced to death. This is because their job is to protect people, and not to kill them. And just because of their "shoot first, ask questions later" way of solving threats, it doesn't give them a right to kill people. Furthermore, it is questionable whether they were being racist.

The existence of the police is to protect the people, and not to bring danger upon them. Who they killed is a father of four. The policemen probably killed the family member who puts the bread and water on the table for the family. Now, how are they going to compensate for the lost of the family member? Furthermore, they did not find evidence to show that the man actually posed a danger to them. Policemen are supposed to risk their lives to protect the citizens. Heard of policemen advancing towards terrorists? Heard of policemen saving citizens from death? That is the true policemen. They risk their lives to protect the citizens. The 29-year-old Mark is just a citizen. And what made them so sure Mark had an intention to kill the policemen? Even if so, shouldn't the policemen risk their lives to find concrete evidence before they shoot Mark? Or perhaps, the evidence found does not even prove that Mark was guilty. Perhaps there were compliations?

So, just because the policeman suspects something, he has the right to shoot the suspect? Without concrete evidence? It does not make sense. If this is how the policemen work, many innocent lives would be lost due to various suspicions. Perhaps you were shot while laughing at a joke your friend made over the phone while looking at a policeman? Perhaps you were looking at the black little toy pistol you got for your son while walking past the police station? There are many possibilities, but the details must be confirmed and sufficient investigation must be done before a policeman kills a criminal. And the death of the criminal is another question----is it justified? I think that such a system of "shoot and investigate later" is not efficient and it is not logical. It must be changed. It is dangerous to live in a city with the policemen working in such a way.

This could possibly be a case of racism and discriminating against blacks. This is because the policemen shot Mark without sufficient evidence, thus it could be possible that they did not like the appearance of Mark. In the past, the blacks were hung on trees when night fell, many of them were victims. It was due to racism. Perhaps today's policemen in London are executing such actions in a different way? I have not heard of a similar incident but having a white man as the victim. Thus the integrity of the police officers involved is questionable.

Thus, there is sufficient justification for the police officers involved to be punished. After all, they cost the life of someone to be lost unnecessarily.