Edited sentence: Despite the fact that most officers do not carry firearms, there have been numerous cases where police shot unarmed and often clearly innocent people, killing or seriously injuring them.Notorious recent examples include the Stephen Waldorf shooting in 1983, the shooting of James Ashley in 1998, Harry Stanley in 1999, Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005 and Abdul Kahar in 2006.The Economist stated in 2009:.The UK police force has been critiziced numerous times for brutality that results in deaths due to police firearms usage or police custody, as well as the lack of competence and impartiality in investigations by the Independent Police Complaints Commission after these events