What is Innocent ?

[modeller]

In the past week we have heard the words . " Innocent unarmed civilians ", but what do we mean by the word Innocent. Barely a week goes past without unarmed protesters somewhere turn violent. Are they innocent just because they are not carrying arms. ?
Please don't quote N Ire. that has been flogged to death.
I'm thinking of the way the word Innocent is used after violence breaks out anywhere .

[sandyRoe]

The police spin on this killing seems to be accepted by some as the gospel truth. Yet it's far from that.

He was not carrying a bag. He was not wearing a thick coat. He sat on the tube train and two officers sat down on either side of him. They grabbed him while a third officer shot him in the head.. He then continued to shoot another 6 bullets into him.
He was not challenged. That flies in the face of logic. If you challenged a potential bomber he would detonate the bomb.
He was an innocent, murdered.

[bundleone]

The reason he was suspected was because he came out of the same block of flats that were being watched for a terrorist, it could have been anyone with dark hair
he could not have understood what was going on when the gunman entered the train.