Wednesday, August 17, 2005

A Death on the Tube

Leaks Belie Official London Tube Shooting Story

PEJ News - C. L. Cook - The family of the Brazilian electrician shot dead in the London subway system by police say those who shot their son are murderers who should be sent to prison for life. These accusations come following leaks from the investigation that contradict the version of events peddled by police.

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Leaks Belie Official London Tube Shooting Story
C. L. Cook
PEJ News


August 17th, 2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes, the unfortunate young man gunned down last month by jittery post-bombing police in the London underground was not, as earlier stated by police, wearing an unusually bulky winter coat on the hot July day he died. Neither was he a turnstile jumper, acting suspicious as initially reported, nor was he running from police. The Guardian reported today that, not only was de Menezes not fleeing police when shot, but being held in custody. Police had not identified him, as earlier stated, as being followed after leaving a building under surveillance; it is now understood no-one had followed the Brazilian before his encounter with police in the station.

On the day he died, de Menezes was walking normally through the tube station, glancing at his newspaper. He paid his fair properly, and broke briefly into a run to catch his train to work as it pulled up to the platform. That eagerness to catch the train cost de Menezes his life.

The revelations, coming from the investigation into the fatal incident have critics of London's so-called 'Shoot to Kill' policy calling for a thorough review. And, it has the family of the slain Brazilian calling for arrests.

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