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Eyewitnesses Say Community Police Fled From Scene Of Terror Stabbings At Borough Market
2017-06-05
[DailyCaller] Multiple eyewitnesses said that community police officers fled from Borough Market in London after seeing two men with knives stabbing people as part of a terror attack Saturday.

These eyewitnesses told The Guardian’s Lisa O’Carroll that two men started stabbing people outside a restaurant in Borough Market, close to where the first terror attack took place on London Bridge, resulting in multiple fatalities.

"I saw two guys with big knives downstairs outside Roast. They were stabbing people," the eyewitnesses said.

Perhaps the most jarring part of the testimony was a report that, instead of running to the stabbing to stop it, the police turned around and ran the other way.
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#10  No, some bobbies are armed, most are not, except for northern Irland where all of them are armed.

Armed Bobbies
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-06-05 16:09  

#9  I though they armed the bobbies after Sept 11. These guys aren't bobbies?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-06-05 14:51  

#8  Reminds me of a line from Demolition Man.

"We're police officers! We're not trained to handle violence!"
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-05 11:10  

#7  No surprise there, really. That nation not only disarmed its people but the bulk of the police force as well.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-06-05 10:56  

#6  Run, Hide, Tell
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2017-06-05 09:39  

#5  ...security monitor.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-06-05 08:12  

#4  From what I've heard "Community Police" in UK are more the equivalent of hall monitors than even mall cops, at best a baby sitter saying "wait till your father gets home."
Posted by: AlanC   2017-06-05 07:59  

#3  If you are unarmed, fleeing from multiple armed assailants is a valid survival technique. Issue the police pistols along with proper training and the response will likely be different.

If you are not trained in knife fighting, the street is a dreadful place to begin taking lessons.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-05 04:44  

#2  Were these police armed?
Posted by: gorb   2017-06-05 00:54  

#1  Mall Cops.
Where's SAS?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-05 00:50  

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