Innocent passenger held at gunpoint by armed police

at least they didnt shoot first and ask questions later

say it was the right guy...
rather be safe then sorry.
and someones up here talking about no allowance for errors..
go through out your day and your job seeing how many errors you make.
no ones perfect.. its only human.

i was once stop by the cop i told him he got the wrong dude he started asking me how many times i've been to jail like every black men has been in jail and he was black moi je baisse l'etat nique les keufs sur les keufs qu'on crache

These people are power mad.

i thought UK police aren't allowed to carry guns?? has that changed?

"Beautiful cartoon troopers
Swallow brutal futility with a teaspoon full of sugar
I rock ready aim fire, while y'all rock ready fire aim
Then blame the stationary target WHILE the prey escapes the frame
Merit badge marksman, OR poacher, it's all the same
So I lay across the woods perpendicular to the grain"

At least noone died this time, hopefully lessons were learned from the Jean Charles incident

DAMMMMM DATS SOME MESSED UP CRAP BUT LETS NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSION MAYBE KUZ HE WAS BLACK OR MAYBE NOT WE DONT KNOW.

He's lucky it didn't happen in the U.S. He could have been designated an enemy combatant and been held without charges indefinetly.

"He didn't put up a fight or say anything." That is the mark of an intelligent person and an attorney's wet dream. This is going to make a great case, one mind you which I doubt will ever see a Court room because the police department will settle and request that he not discuss the situation with the media.

Good on the bloke.

Damn! I would have pissed my pants, scary.

To me there is no room for ERROR. Okay the police were doing their job. I still remember the old lady being shot dead in Atlanta at her house because the Police were doing their JOB!! The police are suppose to protect and serve, getting the wrong guy in my opinion is far from protecting and serving. You don't want to fear the police, so when the police got the wrong guy that put more fear out there for the public. It is telling the people we don't give a flying flip if you are an innocent bystander or not, If we think you did it then you DID IT! That makes every innocent person a criminal for no particular reason. But at the end of the day they get to apologize which will help with my shock of being an innocent criminal

42 days?! they're dumbasses. that guy should definitely receive compensation. police suck.

Unfortunately, this seems to happening more and more. Still, policing is not an exact science. I would be more interested to know why he felt the need to pull his gun on the person. I don't see anywhere saying the suspect had a weapon of some sort, which would justify the use of such a drastic tactic. I would agree that we shouldn't over-react when we read stories such as this because the circumstances may not be fully revealed, but I don't feel police who feel the need to engage in this overly aggressive behavior should be given a free pass. It is good he apologized for the incident. He realizes he made a mistake and is attempting to make amends. That's more than I can say more most police. And is it just me, or do these incidents always seem to happen to minorities? Ha, that could be a discussion within itself.

Police and guns don't mix!

I don’t understand why people buy into this stuff. Seriously how do you expect a cop to detain a supposed armed robber? Like it or not that’s a situation where he is required to draw his gun.

The only similarity between this situation and the De Menezes incident is that cops drew their guns. If I remember correctly the officers who attacked De Menezes were plain clothed and failed to identify themselves. On the other hand you can clearly tell that’s a police officer in the picture.

Its unfortunate this individual freaked out when detained. Then again how do you expect him to act given he lives in a country where handguns are demonized by the government?

Police do their jobs, people whine.

They don't, people whine.

I suggest them not bother and let the bad guys take over.

mistakes happen. So what. Yes I'd be mad it if happened to me but they apologized and what more do you want them to do? I'd rather them make mistakes while doing their job than miss one person while not doing their job.

And before the alarmist run around the corner shouting the sky is falling, I am not stating that a police state is an awesome idea. I am stating that protection does come at a price for those that are being protected. It's a matter of what are you willing to sacrifice for such protection and what are you willing to lose to not have it at all?

this is scary - and the officer didn't look like a normal Metropolitan Police officer either.. I guess it's hard to know whether or not they might've got a tip-off or special intelligence, though it must've been a terrifying ordeal for the guy.

I think I'll leave my rucksack at home...

I would be in a state of shock, too. Damn, crazy!

This is really shocking. I hoped we had seen the last of this when De Menzes was shot, but evidently the culture of fear still has our Police force by the throat.

If they can get this wrong, then they can also throw the wrong guy in jail for 42 days.

if he,you or,myself.
was kept in jail for 42 days.

it wouldnt be a case of the wrong person.

you would sign any statement..

if you could still write.?

an besides. the cops cant stop graffiti on the trains.
so what makes you think they can stop bombers.

And to think they could have kept him in jail for 42 days without charges, then realized they had the wrong guy. Maybe he got off lucky.

Another case of the UK police state gone wrong.