What was his job? Where did his family and fiancée think his money came from? She may claim that he's not a gangster, but did he supply the cocaine she was arrested for possessing in June?

In 1999, Harry Stanley, a white middle aged man, was shot dead by police when they thought a bag he was carrying contained a gun. He was shot dead from fifteen feet. You know about Charles Menezes after the bombings, right?

NONE of those two had a gun. NONE of those two were black. BOTH of those two were blasted to smithereens.

MARK DUGGAN HAD A GUN. PERSPECTIVE PLEASE.

There seem tobe a lot of people on here who seem to hate black people,the sad thng is that most of them are black,what world are you living in,somebody is getting paid £30 grand a yr and thinks they have made it. All seem to be part of the I am alright Jack crew. What about the kids what are going to do to change the way they are how we work with them and understand what,how they are feeling. If we can'nt do that then we need to shut up because we just sound like a bunch of Tories otherwise.

I am tied of police killing our young black men & getting away with it. When Raul shot a police man they went after his white arse with a tazer gun...... They emptied the police station to assasin Mark Duggan & then didnt even fart on his family. Pure liberties, I'm a black woman in my mid 40's I cannot blame the black youths for resenting they way they feel towards to police.

Why do people who are Black claim people who clearly have parents of different races as their own??
This was not a racial killing of a 'Black man' but a death of a man who has never worked, who has five illegitimate children by different mothers, who when photographed represented himself as a 'gangsta' who carried a gun - nobody seems to be denying this 'fact' - who, according to his facebook page was strongly linked to gang culture and their criminal activity.
The police - the people who, if you had your car stolen, house broken into or your children harmed/treatened you would want to be involved, are just people who try to uphold the laws of this country.
Do you honestly think that you could randomly 'select' a number of, say, twenty policemen and be as confident of them being more racist than randomly selecting twenty black gang affiliated members??
Any body - irrespective of black, mixed-race or asian or white, carrying a gun, must understand that there is a liklihood of either shooting someone or being shot at themselves...
The violence that has followed is shameful and is purely an excuse for individuals to carry out crimes against their OWN community.
No matter how many people try to give excuses, these are redominenty black youths and they are making sure that anybody with racial hatred or dislike can find it easier to spread their word.
Another mixed-race / person of colour is Barack Obama, in case nobody noticed he became the prime minister for the Worlds only superpower nation.
Colour did not get in his way and neither has it gotten in the way of millions of other people, irrespective of colour, race, religon or nationality, World-wide, for all of the decades since the 50's & 60's.
The woman who spoke out against trhe youths (captured on camera) has made the most sense of anybody/everybody, since all of this began.
The incident is being investigated, nobody actually KNOWS what has happened but one event has nothing to do with the others...shameful!

to tell it straight, a man is dead and people have lost someone they love family and on road. People make chioces and whether he is in a gang, some people condone this thing, and accept it because 'there is no other way.. gotta do what I gotta do ennit.. you get me' the point Im making is that this life and ghetto stupidenss irritates me that it is becoming a downward spiral and drag loved ones in it and it pee's me off on many levels, you hear me?!

U've got plenty of such fellas, eh? Typical grime-guy i suppose.

PS/ Anyway RIP

Good riddance to absolute rubbish. We need to clear these dangerous elements from the street.

well one thing i no he better had prayed to the lord,becouse if he was not right with the lord he will be lost for ever,and that is a sad thing,all we can do is pray for his family,when you run with satan you must get burn,we need to help the youth of today,alot of the youth and young men need love in there life and you can only get that from god

I do not know Mark Duggan, but I do know the negative comments placed on here about his life, the mother of his children and his background are saddening, and disgusting. A man has lost his life, a mother has lost a son, children have lost a father.

Before judging you need facts on the situation, to say the police do not make mistakes is utter nonsense. The police are human, it is human nature to make mistakes and unfortunately some mistakes have bigger consequences than others. If the aligations that the officer was shot by his own colleague are true I do hope the people that have placed unnecessary heartless comments take a good look at themselves and realize expressing their vile thoughts and having the attitudes they do, does not make for a better society.

Before judging you need to think, if you was given the same background, the same upbringing and the same life as Mark Duggan, then you would probably live the exact same life as him. Circumstances lead people to the life they lead it's easier to say change than to actually do it.

My condolences are with his family, let's hope the truth will prevail in the end. If the police have shot dead an innocent man, let's hope they are dealt with the same way Mark or any other member of the public would have been dealt with if they shot dead an innocence person.

U knw something, if saw some of u people face to face, I'd thump u down, who r u to call simone a piece of shit, u shit? Do u even knw wot yr chatting about? Who r u to call anybody scum? Dnt judge lest u be judged by the same measure of ur judgement. U dnt knw his life, u dnt knw him as a person, so shut up. Ur all so quick to chat yr mouths of, but I hope whn the police execute one of ur men u dnt cry make sure pat the police on the back and say a job well dne.

lets hope the cops can clear up more of this gangland infestation of tottenham so that citzens can walk the streets without fears.

Arm all the Police NOW lets stop dross like this now.

Any thoughts from you lot about the poor officer who was shot by this prick? Lucky to be alive. Shot at police and you will die!

We live in sad and violent times and it is sad another young life is lost however this young man was a father of five yet the man walked with a gun. Whether or not he 'knew not pull it on the police' HE WALKED WITH A GUN!!!!!! What a fine role model for his children. . . .was the firearm needed to provide for his children was there really no other route for him???????

Was he not taught right from wrong? before you scream, I have 5 sons, was a single parent working 2 jobs, and we lived on a sink estate but I taught my sons how to live good with what little we had just like my father taught me.

We need to stop blaming the government, education, racism poverty or whatever and accept responsibility for our children and their children!!! The government cant make good - no amount of money/grants/project will make good -

These are our children, I brought my children here for a better life if we had stayed in JA they could be dead now. when they walked to school you have to watch for the Zebra camaflarged trucks, they shoot at random like they driving on a Game Reserve and they are my people! some think its hard in the UK so they have to turn to crime and the gun. Cha!!!

I've heard another version of what happened, Its been said that another police officers gun went off hitting the officer that got shot. That officer thought that it was Mark and shot him twice in the face.

If that is true I hope those police officers get done for murder and his name is cleared if that is the case.

I bet if it is the case it will be dusted under the carpet with hardly no media attension to clear his name. If you shoot at police officers you can expect to die if they are armed but if he didnt shoot at them they need to face the consequences and make that clear to the public.

I understand he might have had a gun on him for protection after the killing of his cousin earlier in the year, plus the circles he was moving in. Its a dog eat dog world when your hustling.... so kids stay in school and get a career... they say live fast, die fast unfortunetly because of his lifestyle the police have taken him out.

Its messed up, I used to know this guy. Yeah he did his thing on road but he was a cool guy if you knew him.

Its messed up, people and youths need to allow the fast lifestyle but then its kind of hard when your surrounded by it AND if you've done time there aint many opportunies out there for you, so people go back to what they know best. to make ends meet.

Like someone else said "I cant believe that he would be silly enough to shoot at the police" I read reports where a witness says that he was shot of the ground by the police. That sounds more likely as those gun cops be trigger happy, like when they shot tthat unarmed guy on the tube a few years back.

anyway RIP Mark, my thoughts go out to his family, mum, bro and his kids

Its messed up, I used to know this guy. Yeah he did his thing on road but he was a cool guy if you knew him.

Its messed up, people and youths need to allow the fast lifestyle but then its kind of hard when your surrounded by it AND if you've done time there aint many opportunies out there for you, so people go back to what they know best. to make ends meet.

Like someone else said "I cant believe that he would be silly enough to shoot at the police" I read reports where a witness says that he was shot of the ground by the police. That sounds more likely as those gun cops be trigger happy, like when they shot tthat unarmed guy on the tube a few years back.

anyway RIP Mark, my thoughts go out to his family, mum, bro and his kids

I think its just awful. I dont understand why the police had to shoot to kill this man? In other countries if the police feel under "Threat" then they would shoot to disarm the person. I think questions need to be asked and answered surrounding the wider issue of how the police use their guns. I didnt know you mate but rest in peace.

God is the only one that has the right to judge him, everyone is soooo quick to judge no one knows how he ended up in that type of lifestyle, I know his lifestyle was not right but have a heart think about the family that have lost him and his children that have lost their daddy and in a horrific way.

yes gang hand sign and bling. This guy died on tha road bruv like he lived on da road.

5 welfare babies Im sure. Good riddance to this gangster low life.

Honestly, sometimes I don't know whether I am on the Daily Mail website or The Voice website considering how foul and cold-hearted some of the readers are.

This man is hardly cold yet and people are condemning him. Do any of you who are throwing stones know what it is to grow up in an area like Tottenham?

SHAME ON YOU HARINGEY COUNCIL AND TOTTENHAM MP DAVID LAMMY who have cut youth service budgets by 75 per cent for helping to create another generation of disenchanted young people who must live their lives on the road and where many will die.

This man has FIVE children none of which asked to be born. Out of respect to them, people should reserve judgement. They now have even less than they had before.

r.i.p let the people who knew him, judge him.

I'm sure the police didn't have to shut his lights out like that; they are too trigger happy.

The above comments me sick. He was a father - whatever the circumstances of his death or his lifestyle choice - five kids lost their father last night. Have some humanity instead of casting your stones.

I hope you 2 have buffed your halos. You have absolutely no idea what the background is behind this story yet your talking.
How insensitive,knowing the man has just been killed and has small children.
Respect the dead or at least get some FACTS behind you before you start behaving like a couple of pigs

Shameful

Rest In Peace Mark. Praying for the family

Live by the Sword, die by the Sword.

Worthless gang members... no loss to Tottenham, an area where 90% of the people are decent and live in fear of the 10% of feral scrotes.

"The victim, named locally as father-of-five Mark Duggan, 29, of Broadwater Farm, Tottenham, died yesterday from gun wounds.Both were linked to Tottenham’s Star Gang"

What a "great" role model a 29 year old man is to his 5 children .As for the women who kept breeding with Duggan dispite knowing his lifestyle she's no better either.