Mark Duggan was assassinated, claims his mother

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Be fair we the public know nothing about his life,what if he had to deal drugs to put food on the table,maybe he was sick of signing on at the job center and wanted better for his life and dealing was the only way

And of course people cared that he died

Normally in a situation like this think to yourself this is somebody's brother,son,nephew uncle maybe even father when something happens you've got to do what you've got to do so nobody had the right to judge

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So after all that rambling we can deduce that you think he was a professional criminal but initially passed that off as a factual statement. Thanks for clarifying.

"assasinated" that women is a serious nut job. She was also the one who lead their mini campaign to the police station to get answers.
I remember thinking at the time that the family must be thick if they thought that the police could give them answers within a month seeing as even forensic reports take months most of the time due to lack staff/funding. This is not like CSI where you can scan a bullet & force confesions from people so quickly that everything is revealed nicely in one hour .

When my friend was stabbed it took months for the reports to come back and for the familly to be updated. Did they complain no (well yes to us, his Dad moaned like every day about the delays. But not to the police),yet Duggans mother instantly pulled the black card and unfair treatment speel that we hear all the time .


If he was carrying a gun then c'est la vie, crap begets crap and he had it coming. But to be so self involved or attention seekign to say assasinated the women needs to see someone about her delusion of grandieur

Be fair we the public know nothing about his life,what if he had to deal drugs to put food on the table,maybe he was sick of signing on at the job center and wanted better for his life and dealing was the only way

And of course people cared that he died

Normally in a situation like this think to yourself this is somebody's brother,son,nephew uncle maybe even father when something happens you've got to do what you've got to do so nobody had the right to judge

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9100

'Bruv'? What are you, some sort of gangster wannabe?

The only part where I quoted a newspaper was the Guardian, who in fact have written a piece supporting Duggan.



Criminals lie.



Perhaps you would like to enlighten us as to what exactly those 'problems with the police' were then?

I'm not going to go into all of that on here but please stop talking about things you know nothing about .and stop stating opinions or newspaper quotes as facts and i mean no disrespect to you . Do you think everyone that knew mark are wearing our rose tinted blinkers or something ? We are not deluded .
Anyway im going now . peace

It's a matter of record that he was a professional criminal and just look at his pedigree. He gave up his entitlement to due process when he confronted armed policemen. When faced with such a situation, as a criminal and just like anyone else he must realise he is in mortal danger and needs to tread very carefully doing just as one is told and slowly.

Try to behave so as to change the dynamics of the situation and you will be dead. It does not matter who fired first, or whether the shot person fired at all. Police officers are not obliged to place themselve in mortal danger and things can move fast. There can be no re-runs. It's not a film.

So Duggan was killed in an armed confrontation with police officers. I do not advocate that our police (note the possesive pronoun) should go out dispensing summary justice. Of course I don't. However, as it has turned out, the public fortuitously perhaps has had a good result. Society is much better off without him when you consider all the fear and distress he has caused in his life. Add to that the unknown level of distress, fear and pain he would have undoubtably caused had he survived and a good job was done that day.

Ostensibly he was on his way somewhere with an illegal weapon, loaded and ready to go, and it is suggested that that was to avenge the death of a relative.

You see no matter what St Mark chose to do, society was not prepared to execute him. He carried with him an absolute guarantee of his survival. This time he miscalculated.

If society decides that it is to organise itself in such a cock-eyed manner then society must be prepared to accept the consequences.

We know he was a criminal. That is not in dispute. Just how much of a criminal he was is the subject of much discussion, and if you know exactly the sort of things he was involved in, but don't wish to disclose then that's entirely up to you, but nevertheless it's entirely valid to say he was into serious criminal behaviour given the circumstances. The fact that you would say that you don't want to in into it, but nobody is looking at him through rose tinted glasses would seem to indicate that he has at least been in trouble with the police for minor stuff and there is more to come on that when his record is made public knowledge.

Are you saying that the newspaper quote from that person who allegedly knew him is misquoted, false or otherwise not a fact?

How do you know he was into serious criminal behavior ?
This is the thing he was NOT into serious criminal behavior
This is why people who knew mark like myself just laugh . Because people like you READ THE ****IN PAPER ,who think they know what they are talking about but they don't .
Yes he used to chill on the estate .
Yes he knew members of star gang but he was NOT a member .
When you know people who you grow up with you know them you can't change that but knowing people does not make you a gang member or a gangster .
Im not gonna let you troll me anymore but your a pussy because you dont have any facts . Bring some facts then come and talk to me you prick

I think it's very irresponsible of her to make such bold claims, exactly a year on from his death and the ensuing riots.

It is bound to stoke up some vitriol.

Gun fact. Good enough for you?

Show me a picture of this gun , show me a picture of the gun on his body or near the scene if not SHUTUP