Xymphora has five great posts on the public execution of Jean Charles de Menezes by the British police and the ever-changing "facts" of the story.
Yesterday, in a New York Times Op-Ed, Haim Watzman defended the shooting, saying Mr. Menezes raised suspicions by "wearing a long coat out of place on a hot summer day jumping over a turnstile and running for a crowded subway train."
However, according to the Guardian (in a story published on the same day), the Metropolitan police have admitted that Mr. Menezes "was not wearing a heavy jacket that might have concealed a bomb, and did not jump the ticket barrier when challenged by armed plainclothes police."
1 comment:
This is definetly a dificult and delicate subject. The minute I heard about this (before it was clear that Menezes had nothing to do with the terrorist bombing), I was upset. Acording to witnesses he was shot after falling, so he could easily have been aprehended. I do however believe police employes are under a lot of stress in the UK. This is a very tragic event triggered by terrorism. The consequences of terrorism continues long after the actual attacks.
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