Negotiators are trying to talk Mr Moat into giving himself up....
There are reports that Mr Moat was chased through the village and cornered at the riverbank by the allotment gardens...
as an aside , it is hilarious watching the live news with the presenters, who are on camera, who do not realise they are on air their tie straightening and expression straightening are hilarious!!!
Mr Moat is very alone within a cordon of Police officers... the Police do appear to be being very careful not to push this situation to the point of Mr Moat committing suicide or being shot by the Police themselves...
Personally I am amazed at the restraint that is being shown, will this reassure the general public that the Police are better than many believe them to be, it would be good propaganda for them if they managed to achieve a peaceful outcome!
God what a media circus this is ( and I suppose I am apart of it) the reporters are scrambling to find a view point which they can see all from...how much will the house residents charge for the privilege of using the upstairs back bedroom window...
Hopefully this will end with no further loss of life or injury... but ended it appears to be...
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Friday, 9 July 2010
Breaking news on the Moat front!!
watching the news as Mr Raoul Moat is surrounded and holding a gun to his own head,
I have to admit to being wrong earlier when I wrote that I believed that the Police would shoot him dead as soon as they saw him... there appears to be a reticence in the mix now and the Police (fair play to them ) are trying to negotiate with the man concerned.
What the outcome will be as darkness falls is anybodies guess.. There has been a stand off situation for the last hour or so...
I can only hope that the Police act as Peace Officers as opposwd to enforcers... they seem to be trying to do the right thing...
What will happen now???
There seems to be a difficult situation in that the Policfe do not seem to have a clear shot at the fugitive...
The police have been very busy crashing cars into themselves trying to get to the scene (surely that must be dangerous driving?) It would seem that there is little hope that Mr Moat will be able to escape this situation to continue this vendetta against the police, the police have completely cornered him and unless he points the gun at someone other than himself then they will NOT open fire at him... will he die tonight or not? your guess is as good as mine!!!
I have to admit to being wrong earlier when I wrote that I believed that the Police would shoot him dead as soon as they saw him... there appears to be a reticence in the mix now and the Police (fair play to them ) are trying to negotiate with the man concerned.
What the outcome will be as darkness falls is anybodies guess.. There has been a stand off situation for the last hour or so...
I can only hope that the Police act as Peace Officers as opposwd to enforcers... they seem to be trying to do the right thing...
What will happen now???
There seems to be a difficult situation in that the Policfe do not seem to have a clear shot at the fugitive...
The police have been very busy crashing cars into themselves trying to get to the scene (surely that must be dangerous driving?) It would seem that there is little hope that Mr Moat will be able to escape this situation to continue this vendetta against the police, the police have completely cornered him and unless he points the gun at someone other than himself then they will NOT open fire at him... will he die tonight or not? your guess is as good as mine!!!
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