Look on the bright side...
Had they been coppers, they'd have got off scott-free. (yes, this is a loaded statement)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8597217.stm (perhaps not so bad)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10723274 (travesty of justice imo)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/f...inquiries.html (more bad news)
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ge...ng-raoul-moat/ (reason to be concerned?)
http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?order...all&go=toolbar (just be glad you ain't a brazilian electrician)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_De_Menezes - read this wiki article... some of it is most disturbing.
I remember at the time the vitriolic bile in the press and on another forum I visit, and the smears in the media and police statements. A most unpleasant spectacle of my compatriots to behold.