I don't think it is as black and white as how much is would have cost to keep Raoul Moat in prison. What the nation watched was a man have a mental breakdown. Someone lost his life and two people were gravely injured, but nothing was achieved by the loss of yet another life. No-one can seriously say that was the best outcome.
I do!
So everyone who comes out of prison for violent offences, having spent his life beating people up, dealing in drugs, intimidating everyone he met, etc can get away with murder - literally- can plead "mental breakdown." He was, and always has been, a danger to anybody that dis-pleased him.
Even his own mother said he would be better off dead. And afterall he shot himself, he needn't have done.
Let's remember, the job of the police and the justice system is to protect innocent members of the public, all too often that doesn't happen these days.
TonyZ
OK, What about Derrick Bird from Cumbria he was not a criminal but he massacred innocent 12 people including his own bro man how sad is that Raoul Moat was a man on the edge who felt he was wronged by the woman he loved I mean fair enough the guy is no angel no one is trying to market him like that but that dreaded self destruct button is in all of us when things do not work out the way we want it to there is plenty different kinds of people who do these crimes of passion police men as I recall too I know its bad Chris Brown died as a result of it but I'm sure he knew what kind of partner his new girlfriend had for example if i was a karate instructor I would do the maths and know I cannot fight bullets and steer clear of girls with extra baggage like that I'm sure he would have heard of him the police even knew of threats he was making before he came out of prison and did nothing at all. Then because the world was watching they called in their celeb friends like Ray Mears and probably invited Gazza too I do not hate police but I think their tactics are dead wrong I feel he has a huge following because everyone can relate the catalyst of the story and I dont believe the public was in danger he had a hitlist already not like Derrick Bird who tried wiping out as many people as he could and old people and suprising that alot of people said he was nice why cos he was a taxi driver ...utter B.S
plus personally if my mum estranged or not said to anyone I'm better off dead she has no paternal feeling and is sick in the head for that for I would never give up on my kids unless they was some sick sexual predator and then I cannot say that i would 100% she's better off dead aswell because she's failed her duty as a mother
