Sorry to hear that.
Sadly we can only hope that this will hasten everyone to ensure that stop and search is allowed to continue at pace - white, black or other - anyone carrying a weapon of any sort should be taken off the street without the need to even go to court.
Our country is going to the dogs and everyone in charge seems to be happy to let it do so and With Khan in charge of London it is little wonder.
A seriously dangerous man given the power he wields!

The council is mainly to blame. Absolute mismanagement.

As for West Croydon, it's really not that bad. Unless you get intimidated by the high street being full of, how might you put it, 'ethnics'. Seems to be where that crude, drive by observation has come from.

I live 10 minutes walk from both WC and EC station. Yes Croydon has it's issues but from your closed curtain, shire based, outsider narrative anyone would think I'm going to get shot and mugged every time I step outside my house. Complete dross

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

I know what you mean, I have never been intimidated in Croydon (although my brother in law was mugged). However, there is no denying the murder statistics. Let's face it, it is black on black, but no one allowed to say it.
It is worrying when it spills over and innocent people are killed. British police officers shouldn't have to worry too much about getting shot or stabbed, or killed. But they do, and that is down to current policy, which can be changed. People don't like Guliani or whatever from New York, for current policies - fair enough, whatever.
However, when he introduced zero tolerance, crime fell rapidly. It is the way to go for South London. Target the street crime, target the gangs aggressively, no pussy footing, some good old head bashing. More stop and search, 20 years for weapons, life for murder,ten years for gang membership. Crime halved within a week.
I'm disgusted and saddened an officer going about his job is dead. Whilst some gang banger will no doubt make a drill video about it. They want Bronx style - give them zero tolerance. Fund the police.

RIP to the officer and sincere, heartfelt condolences to his family and colleagues.

Red and Blue Army!

No doubt it was that bastarrd Bilbo Baggins again.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The Reverend Catherine Tucker, who was at the centre earlier, said: "The action taken against the police is really unacceptable but I also feel sorry for the perpetrator.

"Sadly, I am not surprised there has been a shooting in Croydon.

"There are tensions between the police and young people particularly in relation to stop and search and the way the police relate to the community."

Compare Croydon now to Croydon in the 1960s and '70s. Different planet now. Glad we left.