Oh! Oh! Don't know if you caught this info in all the excitement but-
The Plod was hit by a bullet from a Plod gun
NOT from the weapon held by the bloke which was not fired apparently.
This is the worst possible info about the initial incident.
Plenty of work now to investigate but what can be said if over exhuberant plod is responsible or at the very least 'lit the touchpaper' so to speak. No one really knows the full details yet of the actual circumstances and orders given in response to what actions.
Not good at all
On the subject of feral yuffs and the disadvantaged I have thought for a long time now that any government isn't going to do much about them as 'they' create huge amounts of employment and paper shuffling as in courts, social workers, plod work,more edukatting,yuff workers,etc. As for National Service don't even think it cos the last thing we want is these wasters trained up or even the taxpayer having 'em on the state payroll.
It also defies all logic that society/the state actually encourages them to breed and literally is paying for the next wave, but bigger, of dysfunctional humans :
Have a nice day