Well, it seems that the Pakistani-looking bloke shot very very dead at Stockwell Tube station by British police, as I blogged in London Copycat Bomber shot Dead, has now turned out to be a Brazilian and totally unrelated to the London Tube bombings.
The police have basically gunned down an innocent man. Earlier we had read that a policeman pumped 5 bullets into the petrified man as he was held down - not once, mind you, but bang bang bang bang bang!
Police have confirmed that the 27-year-old Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes, had nothing to do with the London bombings, and admitted they have shot the wrong man. No wander the victim was reported to have looked ‘petrified’ just prior to his execution.
According to his cousin, Menezes had lived in London, legally mind you, for three years. He spoke English very well, and would have understood police instructions, if any at all, was issued to him. He was going to his electrician job when he was pinned down and shot in the head several times.
In the USA, the Sikhs might have gotten the wrong end of the red-neck American wrath, a la KKK-style execution, but in London, a Brazilian copped it, and from the police too. Swarthy tall looking blokes are no longer 'tall, dark and handsome' guys - they are potential bombers.
Haven't seen the papers yet, so your entry was breaking news for me ... and I'm absolutely horrified! This is the danger when you have armed police and everyone is so jumpy ...
ReplyDeletedamn. yea going to check bbc news now...
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can't say i'm surprised. when i read 5 shots were fired, i knew there was a possibility of a mistake. because it is totally unnecessary... so it is mostly emotinal-prompted shooting from the police.
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