Shaunie Investigates: London Police To Be Armed With Guns?

The Metropolitan Police have said that they will be going forward with plans for police officers in London to be armed with guns, in order to deal with the increase in knife crime and gang violence.

We already have armed police in the UK, but they are usually called when a person is suspected of having a weapon and are not a part of the general uniform for an officer 'on the beat'.
What does this mean for the youth that are already being targeted with daily stop and search routines by the police? Are we going to become America, where innocent black men are being killed by men and women in uniform?

A few incidents I have seen recently involving the public and police does not give me a comforting feeling when I think, "what if the officer had a gun?"
The police are already making huge errors in my eyes when it comes to stop and search, so how does officer's having guns change this?

Will they be given clear, precise rules on when and how the gun's should be used, or are we going to see a rise in black youth dying at the hands of police and their guns like we do in America?