Who fired the first Lonmin shots?

[chrisc4290]

A policeman

[ice_cubes]

Rubber bullets would also have stopped them dead in their tracks. Just not so "dead". The Police were standing in a straight line side by side straight up. If they were under fire or really threatened they would not have been standing like that.

The cops were not properly prepared for this, possibly because of a lack of proper training.

http://www.news24.com/RelatedGallery...51de9c5&iframe

If you watch the original clip, you will see that those strikers were targeting one isolated cop. They were clearly intending to kill him


http://media.theage.com.au/national/...s-3561723.html

check this clip & see the frame 31seconds... that cop disarms one of the deceased strikers!

[Sinbad]

See my comment above. The stance of the Police shows that they weren't afraid. Besides if a couple of people in a crowd have firearms that doesn't give you the right to slaughter 30 people... Police should be better trained than that.

Cool, I assume you'll volunteer to stand with the police armed with a paintball gun during the next round?

[Garyvdh]

The police defended themselves... end of story.

Don't fire live ammunition at someone holding a machine gun.

You are "asking for trouble"

[Sinbad]

The police defended themselves... end of story.

Don't fire live ammunition at someone holding a machine gun.

You are "asking for trouble"

And people question Darwin's survival of the fittest

[beans100]

Rubber bullets would also have stopped them dead in their tracks. Just not so "dead". The Police were standing in a straight line side by side straight up. If they were under fire or really threatened they would not have been standing like that.

The cops were not properly prepared for this, possibly because of a lack of proper training.

See my comment above. The stance of the Police shows that they weren't afraid. Besides if a couple of people in a crowd have firearms that doesn't give you the right to slaughter 30 people... Police should be better trained than that.

Not too bright..... if the police were to use rubber bullets, they would've been dead. And how do you know what was going through their minds when they were standing "side by side straight up"?
The police are under tremendous presure, beeing killed all over South Africa every day. I say its time for them to bury the rubber bullets and water canons.

[Simpy]

Rubber bullets would also have stopped them dead in their tracks. Just not so "dead". The Police were standing in a straight line side by side straight up. If they were under fire or really threatened they would not have been standing like that.

The cops were not properly prepared for this, possibly because of a lack of proper training.

*Shakes head* Seriously???

Rioters fired first - Cops retaliated the way they should. If you attempt to murder or kill a member of the SAP you will need to be given the same treatment.

Senseless loss of life on all fronts. However -No sympathy for the Rioters who shot at and killed policemen.

[Wyzak]

Cool, I assume you'll volunteer to stand with the police armed with a paintball gun during the next round?

I did not receive any training in riot control, and you can't compare a paintball gun to a rubber bullet...

[Wyzak]

*Shakes head* Seriously???

Rioters fired first - Cops retaliated the way they should. If you attempt to murder or kill a member of the SAP you will need to be given the same treatment.

Right, so you expect the whole world to reply "It's ok, those guys had it coming"?

[Garyvdh]

Right, so you expect the whole world to reply "It's ok, those guys had it coming"?

I don't care what the whole world thinks, but yeah... those guys had it coming.

[jprheeder]

http://www.news24.com/RelatedGallery...51de9c5&iframe

If you watch the original clip, you will see that those strikers were targeting one isolated cop. They were clearly intending to kill him

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/vide...-miners-lonmin

http://media.theage.com.au/national/...s-3561723.html

check this clip & see the frame 31seconds... that cop disarms one of the deceased strikers!

This video more cleaerly shows the strikers dropping like flies with all the police pumping rounds into them:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/vide...-miners-lonmin

on a side note, some of those police should go back to the training acadamy, their shooting was way off the mark..

[Creepster]

Less QQ more PEW PEW?

[terencej]

Right, so you expect the whole world to reply "?

It's ok, those guys had it coming :-)

[terencej]

This video more cleaerly shows the strikers dropping like flies with all the police pumping rounds into them:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/vide...-miners-lonmin

on a side note, some of those police should go back to the training acadamy, their shooting was way off the mark..

Agreed. 3 minutes of shooting hundreds of rounds and it only hit 36 Rioters? bad shooting skills.

[Creepster]

Agreed. 3 minutes of shooting hundreds of rounds and it only hit 36 Rioters? bad shooting skills.

Hey I saw white racist cops in there!Must hav been 1 shot 1 kill.whilst the black cops were providing cover fire...