You seem to forget who is in command of An Garda Siochana these days and his track record when it comes to shoot to kill and cover ups, T1990. Whatever about Abbeylara where the victim had a firearm to protect himself one would reasonably expect 25 of the finest in helmets and full body armour to be capable of disarming one man with a deli counter knife regardless of race. What happened there (west Dublin) was daylight murder, the Gardai may as well have swapped their UDA issue black balaclavas for white pillow cases.