US air marshall shoots dead 'bomb claim' passenger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4509516.stm

no doubt all the sympathy will go to the family of the shot man, with none to the officer who did what he thought was reasonable, given the circumstances.

if it does turn out that the man had a mental disorder, the officer will be ripped to shreds, even though he was in no position to make a mental health assessment or risk the lives of other passengers.

RIP.

Nah, it’ll be brushed under the carpet, and a payout will be made to the family. Tragic really, but you’re right, the marshall did what he would have thought was reasonable.

Gotta do what’s right.

He did it.

If this is wrong, take the marshalls off the planes. Some fruit stands up and says he has a bomb, everyone is gonna freak and possibly be traumatised. Shoot the silly sod.

How nuts can he be to pretend he has a bomb on a plane??? An elephant / small ugly dictator in suitcase ok, clearly a basket case, but a bomb gag is pretty on the nail huh?