UK - Chris Kaba 21, shot dead by armed officers, now a murder inquiry, London.

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Well I think we can see where Blake's fellow officers' loyalties are:

From the BBC article: In the footage, Mr Kaba can be seen hunched down in the driver's seat with his hands visible.

DS87 can be seen running around to the front of the Audi. When he raised his own semi-automatic carbine, he was standing beside Mr Blake. It was at this point the accused officer shot Mr Kaba.

This officer, who standing beside Blake when he shot Kaba, could slant his statement to back up that decision it's true. But apparently video evidence shows he also raised his gun just as Blake raised and fired at Kaba.

We can't know if he'd have taken the shot. We do know that both officers standing in front of Kaba's car simultaneously took aim at him. Which UK Firearms officers are trained to only do when there is an immediate threat to life.

Personally, I think that identical reaction in the moment, more than any later testimony, lends weight Blake's claim that he reasonably perceived Kaba to be an immediate deadly threat.

Either way, I hope they actually release the footage up to a second before the shooting when this is done. Whatever the outcome.

 

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Image shows where Martyn Blake was positioned​

An image released by the CPS this evening shows where Martyn Blake was position with DS87 when he shot Chris Kaba in the forehead.

The marksmen were stood in front of the front windscreen of the Audi Q8 which was stationary at the moment Mr Blake pulled the trigger.

Today his colleague, DS87, said he beleived he may have died if Mr Blake waited a second longer.

Chris Kaba murder trial live as marksman tells jury 'I felt in fear of my life'

The firearms officer stood next to Martyn Blake when he pulled the trigger told jurors he had 'no doubt' he would have been under Chris Kaba's Audi had he waited 'any second longer'

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