Reuters: (UK) De Menezes family lose bid to prosecute police

[Eugene]

De Menezes family lose bid to prosecute police
14 Dec 2006 15:28:43 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Michael Holden

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The family of a Brazilian electrician, killed by British police
who thought he was a suicide bomber, lost a High Court bid on Thursday to hold the
individual officers accountable.

Jean Charles De Menezes, 27, was shot in the head seven times after he was mistaken
for a possible bomber at Stockwell underground station in the highly charged aftermath
of last year's fatal attacks on London's transport system.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided in July no officer involved in the bungled
operation should face charges. Instead London's Metropolitan Police as a whole is to be
prosecuted next October on health and safety charges.

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In dismissing the challenge, Lord Justice Steven Richards said the decision by the director
of public prosecutions not to prosecute was a "reasonable one".

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14559226.htm

[Catherine Vincent]

1. News like this is so depressing.

I feel so bad for that family and especially for the victim. Shot in the head seven times. :cry:

[Kagemusha]

2. Would've been 8 but the 8th bullet missed.

Now, in all fairness, the shooters went in with a mindset created by bad information that made them think that this is exactly what needed to be done. They did what was expected of them. I don't think that they should be blamed. Sadly, the people responsible for the bad information seem to also be getting off, and that isn't fair at all...

Edit: Civil suit? Maybe the individuals did nothing criminal in an individual manner, but the organization massively failed and a wrongful death resulted.

[Richard Steele]

3. Shot 7 times while sitting quietly on a train....

...by "officers" who then LIED about every single
aspect of the incident, right down to the clothes
he was wearing.

There is no justice in this ruling. Not a damn iota.

[Judi Lynn]

4. It was loathesome. They turned a page forever with this outrage. They can never erase it.

If the world ahead starts accepting these ruptures in human decency as pardonable, justifiable, there's a hideous road ahead.

[sweetheart]

5. Another casualty of Tony Blair

Blair's foolish involvment with the crusade has killed a heck of a lot of people,
all of them tragically, regrettably, sad... and for the brazen face of the liars
of state who apologize to this day for their incompetence in office.

[Blue_Tires]

6. ugh....nice and neat cover-up