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Hmmm... "King shit cop" and "Jerkwater USA" spring to mind over this issue. My time during the 1980's with a special regiment within the T.A. based in Leeds taught me that you do not f*** with a 9mm anything unless you really do have a death wish. Be sure of one thing though, if this guy is found out and about playing Rambo, the chances are he will die.
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Looks like they've got him cornered:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10582418.stm
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BBC News Channel have coverage. It seems they have him surrounded and he's got a sawn-off shotgun pointed at his own head.
We often take the kids out where the stand-off is taking place.
Will the guy top himself or will the negotiators talk him down?
This is all happening about five miles from my house. NOTHING ever happens here - nothing at all......
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Police say there are negotiating with a man fitting the description of fugitive gunman Raoul Moat in Rothbury.Originally Posted by Marco
People in the town have been told to "go home and lock the door" by armed officers.
No arrest has been made. Moat is wanted over the shooting of his ex-girlfriend, her new partner - who was killed - and a police officer.
An eye-witness Chris Robertson said he had seen a man resembling Moat with a gun pointed at his neck.
Speaking on a mobile phone from inside the exclusion zone, he told BBC News: "There was a man down by the river with what appeared to be a sawn-off shotgun pointing at his own neck.
"He was about 150 yards away.
"I wasn't sure it was Moat, he seemed bigger, unless he was wearing padded clothing.
Eye-witness Judith Ellis: "We were driving past and I saw police snipers"
"Then the police came down and pointed their rifles at him.
"Basically we are under siege here."
Peter Abison, also in the exclusion zone, said he could see a man with a shotgun under his chin.
He said: "He's been lying down, and he only sat up about five minutes ago.
"There are about 20 armed officers lying down pointing weapons at him.
"It looks as though the police have it under control.
"One man is not wearing any uniform but is sitting down.
"There's been no movement from any party for the last hour.
"It's a stand off."
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'Playing Rambo' is right. He is just some sad chancer who lacked a real life role model when he was kid. You can't learn it all from John Wayne films.
Just like to add that I would not want to have my previous comment interpreted as a criticism of the individual officers on the ground. I do not doubt their professional ability or judgement.
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Raoul? How do get named Raoul in Gateshead? After whom? At the end all you get is an alliterative headline. "Raoul's Roid Rage" Sad.
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Just seen on the news, Moat has shot himself.
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People are shooting each other EVERY day! In cities like London, Liverpool Manchester and Belfast. The only difference here is that it happened in a quiet village where these things are 'not supposed to happen' I suspect the guy knew he would be locked up and probably never get out so decided to finish it. It is sad that people were shot of course, but I don't think it deserves the kind of media circus we see every day on the news these days.
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