Met Police officer charged with Chris Kaba murder 

The fact he was a known gangster driving a known vehicle used in a shoot out, and of course gave chase when the police asked him to stop can be safely ignored, after all he was just a construction worker with a bright future. Never let the facts get in the way of a good old institutional racism story eh.

It's disgusting that a police officer is arrested for defending his own life when a criminal tries to kill them with a vehicle - absolute joke.

The parents seem to mis the part that there son was a major criminal in the drug scene. How many lives did he ruin ?

He was in a car involved in an earlier shooting of a black man (that case is currently being heard at the Old Bailey), he was therefore suspected of being armed, he rammed a Police car and refused to obey legitimate armed Police commands.

This what a witness, September 2022, told the London Evening Standard what happened next. " Armed police jumped out and shouted at the man Kaba to get out of the car. It was at least a dozen times. The guy Kaba in the car had lots of opportunities to stop but he refused. he then started driving towards a police car and smashed into it, then reversed. He just wouldn't stop the vehicle. " Nothing more needs be said.

If Mr Kaba were white this case would have been closed. How can there be protest just because the man was black, ramming a marked police car then trying to run a policeman over are not the actions of a peaceful person, now we have a political trial of a man who was doing his job, no one is thinking of the effect this will have on the policeman’s family, nor on the morale of his colleagues. I am not a supporter of violence by the police or anyone else for that matter, but hampering the police in the pursuit of their duty helps no one.

It's interesting how they chose not to mention that Chris Kaba had recently completed a 4-year prison sentence for firearm possession. On the night in question, he used his car to forcefully escape from the police vehicles that had surrounded him. While he might not have had a weapon in his car, he was using his car as a weapon against the police officers, putting their lives in danger in an attempt to escape. In this high-pressure situation, the police officer acted in self-defense to protect not only himself but also his colleagues' lives. He had only a split second to make a decision, and he made the right one.Why does the media consistently present us with biased and one-sided stories?

"MET police officer charged for defending his life against a criminal who mrdered someone earlier that day and started ramming his car". The UK is done.

Didnt he try to ram police in order to escape in a vehicle that was linked to guns and drugs?

Police officer charged for doing his job.

If I was a firearms officer now I would be handing back my ticket.

They need to ask themselves as parents 'perhaps if our son wasn't a known criminal and lived a normal life without crime, he wouldn't have been in that situation' but nope has to be someone else at blame for their idiot son

Wasnt he "Itch", the rapper from 67? Who used to rap about shooting people and being tough and all that? Wasnt he taking chase from police in a car connected to murders? Didnt he try and run the police man over who shot him? Didnt he constantly tell everyone on social media and music that he was a killer and a bad guy who we should be scared of? Now you're surprised that the Police man believed him after he tried to run him over? He died the way he was trying to die so what do you mean Justice?

And we wonder why police officers are leaving in droves.

Incredible, Kaba was a parasite in his community, violent, involved in drugs and more. He was apprehended, his community is safer. Can't blame armed officers for not bothering anymore,

Mum and Dad should have bought there son up better ,not get involved in gangs,gun’s,drug’,and violence.Well done the parents they should be ashamed.

And now as many as 50 members of the met's elite armed unit have handed back their guns and said they're not playing any more. Armed police were there at his attempted arrest for a reason! He was a known criminal, believed to be involved with firearms and known to be violent. The UK and the world are better off without him and the officer should get a medal. I wonder who the wokey wokey at the CPS was? Perhaps we should start sending him out unarmed after violent criminals!

If the officer is found guilty, armed police will give up their weapons. Then what will happen? There is no common sense any more.

So is it okay for a police officer being hit and killed by a car? This trial shows that the life of a criminal weighs more than the life of a public servant in the line of duty. And if I were the parents, I would be more than ashamed to face the public having a son like this.

I think it's safe to say that England is no longer English. Sad to see.

Chris kaba was no a angel he was involved with criminal activity. The met officer had no choice. According to witnesses the police officer gave kaba ample opportunity to give himself up, however he made the decision not to stop. He payed the ultimate price thanks to his actions. My thoughts are with the police officer. Hopefully he will be declared innocent.

Pleased the officer in question has been released on bail, hopefully they will find him not guilty.

Chris Kabba was driving a car linked to a firearms offense and 6 of his mates were charged for planning a murder.

Unfortunately Chris Kaba was the architect of his own fate. He led a criminal lifestyle and in the end was shot dead by police, which is typical. If he and his family had made better choices he would never have found himself in that situation, and would still be alive today.

His vehicle was the weapon.

I feel sorry for the police officer

Hopefully this cop will be free. There should be plenty of CCTv and dashcam footage to prove this guy acted in self defence. But he'll be political prisoner like Chauvin in the States. Found guilty to please the mob.

Stop acting like gangsters on the street if you don't want to be targeted by police.

Police officer is charged for defending the life of everyone in UK and not only his. What a wonderful system UK has.

Met officers now standing down from firearms duties in droves. Hope all of them do up and down the country and leave politicians and the press defences from armed criminals - just like us.

Who knows how many future lives were saved that day.

Good parents don’t raise bad children, justice for all victims this thug harmed 🙌🏻

When asked to stop by the police , do as they ask and you might live to see another day. Driving at the police might irritate or could even make them think their life's are in danger . I expect the police are no less tolerant in the Congo , the part of Africa where Kapas parents are from.

Now armed police units are handing in the their firearms licences to operate . Well done for pandering to pressures from a black community in denial about its own criminality and the gang culture a lot of black men and youths in london are involved in . Let the army deal with them now !

Who wants to be a police officer at the moment? Ffs.

Those who live by the sword, DIE by the sword! Those defending are fools, this guy was personally responsible for bringing drugs and danger to out streets!

Ma'am a peacefull man doesnt keep driving and even driving in the police when a police shout to get out of the car.

If the guy was clean and didn't hang out with murderous gangsters, he'd still be alive.

Terrible parents raise your kids better

I do hope this is based on evidence and not a show trial to appease certain groups of protesters. Whilst it heart breaking to see anyone losing their life. The distress caused to the police officers who felt compelled to take that life must be remembered. Any political interference in the CPS decision making process needs to be disclosed immedi 0:04 ately to the defence. I note that Met firearms officers are now refusing to carry weapons.

Justice for the police!

His parents can just go & find another black man of same age without parents.. they're never going to notice the difference.

If your own actions put you in the line of fire.... If your behavior and routine daily life puts you at odds with security... If you have already attracted the attention of the police...... If your actions are such that armed police are utilised to protect the public...and you then commit further offences at the final scene... I feel protected.

People who refuse to comply with police are leaving themselves open to excessive police force being used against them, he was asked 12 times to exit the car and refused and then went on to use the car as a weapon, police have split seconds to make a call and on this occasion it was the right one, for the officer to be up on a murder charge is sending the totally wrong message.

Say what you want but i don't think society is worse without him.

'Witnesses said that Kaba refused to leave his car and drove it into one of the police cars'.. decent, law-abiding chap; how dare police shoot at someone aiming a car at them.. for shame.

These things are just going to get worse and worse, and the police are not going to want to step in and do their job .....

This is outrageous and is a sure sign of our perpetual decline

Was he driving a car that had been involved in armed robbery.. ?

You try being a POLICEMAN TODAY, then come back and say your piece. The world has become a DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE. If you do not do the crime then you are SAFE.

How come the officer being charged is given anonymity whilst Russell brand who hasn’t been charged is paraded as guilty without trial in the media?

Let's look at the evidence. Kaba was driving a car which he wasn't insured to drive. Had he complied with the request to stop by the Met he'd probably still be alive today and be able to see his son. I deal in facts and what I've said are the facts.

He was a lovely boy, never hurt a fly and was a beacon of hope for the community.

So, young black man associates with black criminals who had been involved in a shooting, driving the car that wasn't his but that had been used in that shooting, refuses to stop for police when lawfully ordered to do, ends up getting shot for not obeying commands. Got it. And then the black community protests, cries foul, cries racism, parents declare man's innocence, entire community blames the police for their own behaviour and thinking that laws don't apply to them or that they can pick and choose the ones they want to obey, and then wonders why these events continue to happen. Here's an idea; don't treat the police with disrespect, obey a lawful order, don't associate with known criminals or anyone involved in gun crime, and then you won't get shot. Not really a hard concept to grasp, but of course being black is a get-out clause for anything these days.

I have every sympathy for this man's parents. He perhaps didn't deserve to die this way. However, I recall a well-known phrase, which reads: "live by the sword, die by the sword". Although Mr. Kaba was unarmed at the time of his death, he was not an example of a clean-living, morally upright citizen. He had been known to carry firearms and associate with others who did the same. The fact is that he was a criminal, with a considerable record behind him. Again, I say that he should have been provided with 'due process', but guess what? I have never been shot by the police - why? - because I do not mix with criminals or commit crime, and I do not resist or antagonise the police, even if they are egotistical morons! I do not expose myself to, or engage in behaviour which will attract the attention of the cops..... This will simply re-open an old wound, with Mr. Kaba becoming Britain's George Floyd (who was incidentally, also a criminal of the lowest morals - I think the words normally used are "a piece of sh*t" - another who perhaps should not have died the way he did, but I refer you to the phrase I quoted in my second sentence above, regarding life & swords. Finally, what do Messrs. Rodney, Duggan & Baker have in common, along with Mr. Kaba? This is what builds the statistics, which don't look good for anyone involved - police or black people.

Those parents are disgusting. You know perfectly well your son was not a good kid, a lot of young black men and women will be living better with him gone.

He was ramming a police car and was involved in conspiracy to commit murder and the police officer who shot him is getting charged. Wtf

Can we deport the parents for bringing a monster into the world?

Third grade parents raise third grade citizens.

*I was reading on the BBC News website (I know, I know...!) about this story I didn't know anything about, and I kept going through their articles about the case without finding any explanation as to why the guy was shot at in the first place. There was nothing. It's not until I went to an external source that I could learn that he was a dangerous criminal who'd refused to obey police and tried to ram them with his car.* *Not only that but the BBC was outright lying about the case by saying the bloke was "unarmed" when in fact he tried to use his car as a lethal improvised weapon against the police.*

We need the body camera footage. If they did unjustly shot him, 100% the murder charge is obviously justified. But from all evidence and witness accounts, shooting him was the right decision. I’m surprised the police haven’t done a mass resignation over this charge.

Driving away from the police in a car with reference to a firearm incident, if he had stopped he would be alive.

A Drug Dealer is a Drug Dealer, I don't care how many get shot.

What a surprise! Zero power for police in this country!

no one deserves to die , but he was in that lifestyle, a gangbang member of a group called 67 , been jailed knife when they stopped and searched him, if he wasnt into that lifestyle 100% today wouldnt have happened

My worry in this case is whether a fair trial is even possible for the Police Officer after a continuing demand for 'Justice' for Mr Kaba. Justice is a two way street, it must be applied blindly, and not tainted by passion. The defence to killing mentioned by the News caster and the Solicitor is of course that defence set out in Sec 3 Criminal Law Act 1967. (as amended) The same Law that governs how we all act . It is not ,as so often impled, a law for the Police alone. It is not a new Law and the bar is set , quite rightly very high. I suggest that the reason no Police officer has been convicted of an unlawful shooting is because they followed the Law correctly.

Outrageous and yet more pandering to the black of the UK. The guy was endangering Police officers lives. He got what he deserved.

Ahhh shut it, i dont care about his parents.. They're always a good boy! And would never harm anybody. I sincerely hope the Officer involved doesn't suffer at the hands of the "woke" brigade. I hope he's returned back to duty as soon as possible.

Well how much extra pay do you get for being armed in the UK police, answer is nothing, the same you do for driving a Police car, its not a requirement of joining. I am well retired, having worked on the London Met Police Special Patrol Group, I and others were armed on some operations. Always at the material time the gun was in my hand. You don’t have to shoot, but if its required , being in the holster is just not an option. My wife asked could I shoot someone, well dear going through a door, where its suspected that the suspect is armed, of course. I have taken armed suspects into custody, without firing the gun, but incidents happen so fast, and you must react. The question is why has it taken so long to charge the Officer with murder, I suspect that political considerations are at work. The CPS having looked at all the evidence, have signed off in this allegation. I just wonder what reaction other armed officers might have. Can we please have a Trial in Court and not in the media.

A political prosecution. All firearms officers should refuse to attend any incidents. What a disgrace.

They want justice.If we had justice he would have been in jail and not on the streets,think about that good job the police.

If I was an Armed officer I’d be giving my gun back. Not worth it, for the officer, his family and friends. My admiration goes out to them all. Let all the gangsters run around with guns and knives, 9 times out of 10 they are only hurting each other, saves the useless courts from giving them suspended sentences for stabbing people….waste of time and this poor officer is being made the scapegoat. Senior officers are behaving disrespectfully towards there officers, no support and political yes men, shameful.

Kaba was scum, the black community need to 'defend' and protest against people who deserve it, not known criminals with lots of convictions! The officer should get a medal and/or commendation for removing scum off of our streets!! "Kaba had been charged in 2018 with possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, in relation to an incident on 30 December 2017. He was found guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court in January 2019, and sentenced to four years in a Young Offenders Institute.He was released in 2021. "In April 2022, he was handed a 28-day domestic violence protection order in relation to his partner."

He tried to ram a police car off the road. We don't know Kaba's personal life or upbringing, or what he was really like despite his previous convictions. It's a real shame he died, but at the same time his actions contributed to his death. Trying to ram a police vehicle off the road is idiotic and the actions of a man who had something to hide. It's hard to defend him when his behaviour was so stupid

He was armed with a car that appeared to be using as a deadly weapon. If I was a copper I would be handing in my firearm.

Your son was keen to end other lives tho

His mother was probably dancing to the songs he made after his gang murdered other people, when he was making all that drill music celebrating the murders. But now shes not dancing anymore? Why arent you dancing now?

Justice for Chris Stabba, a one armed man, brutally shot by Police whilst driving a vehicle straight at them, when on his way to build Stonehenge. The same Police who took out an injunction, preventing him approaching or contacting his baby momma, as he was an absent father to be, but had a violent reaction to this, although to be fair, that was his reaction to everything. Never will he watch his child mugging and looting , with pride in his eyes?

So sick and tired of people being handled with kid gloves because of their race whilst the majority are penalised.

Must be hard to go on live TV with the loss of a son when probably deep down theyd have just asked their son to do what the police asked and stopped. Now theyll probably end up riddled with guilt knowing that he chose wrongly to drive towards an officer. Insane thing to do. Sad waste of 2 lives.

Interesting to hear the other side of the story.Hope this is dealt with in fair manner.Why would anyone be an armed response officer? Split second decision and then you are judged and potentially charged

This guy was no ANGEL.

Why is it always the fault of others and not the parents

Stop charging officers for killing criminals...

Of course he is he killed someone BUT that dosent mean its murder and shouldnt be judged before his trial but thats not what the media wants is it

Am i the only one who heard. That he was chased at 21:52 without lights or sirens for appropriately 15 minutes!!!. A civilian, let alone a Gang member who's lifes on the line would also run. Absolutely madness!

The police man is the real victim. No one will miss the criminal he only has himself to blame for his own death

Another wanna be gangsta using a stolen car to ram police cars in an effort to escape being caught is shot, my heart bleeds.

The police are not above the law and must be held accountable for their actions. If it was you or I defending our loved ones we would have been immediately arrested, charged and remanded in custody until our court trail. The way police officers in the UK conduct themselves needs to change.

Armed with a lethal weapon - his car

On the 22nd of July 2003 John Charles De Menezes was shot dead by Met police officers after they mistook him for a terrorist. De Menezes was summarily executed on a busy train by officers who had decided he was to be shot dead. The police didn’t declare armed police and gave no warning as testified by every witness questioned although bizarrely every witness was told at the hearings you must be mistaken. De Menezes was murdered. On 3rd March 2012 Anthony Grainger was shot dead by Manchester police as he sat with two friends in a stolen parked car. No warning was given. Grainger had been watched for one month after a USB stick with informants details had been stolen from the kitchen of a serving police officer (seems very unlikely). Grainger was not seen with a gun or associating with a gun in the surveillance operation. Grainger was posing no threat, he didn’t know he was being watched as he sat in the car and was summarily executed by officers who decided he was to die.

Nobody is above the law. Especially at a time when they are cleaning up the metropolitan police. As they say

This police officer should not be charged with anything other than protecting the public.This person was acting suspicious before he was stopped and his family should face some truths about their son

Parents actually try to portray their thug as an innocent man knowing full well he had been inside for firearms and drug offences. The police officer justifiably took Kaba out and in doing so did society a huge favour. If Kaba had done as he was told he would still be alive with his brains in his head instead of blown out splattered over the inside of the marked car he was driving and in which he drove at the police officer. Play silly games, win bullets as prizes...

Where's the body and car camera footage?

I thought this bs was only an American problem; sad to see it is the same bs across the pond.

"If your a black Christian, you have a short memory." Chris Rock

The man who died was in a criminal's car and the owner was known to carry a gun-was he a criminal too? or just associating with a known criminal by driving his car? In the circumstances the policeman should not be prosecuted for the death.

Why was this black man driving a car that did not belong to him ?

Mom going for the "He a good boy" argument.