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London's police chief is expected to be cleared of lying in a report released on Thursday into the aftermath of the fatal shooting of an innocent Brazilian man mistaken for a suicide bomber, police sources said.
A report into police actions following the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has been altered because of threatened legal action, the police watchdog says.
Originally posted by shrunkensimon
No suprise here. Im not sure how they managed this, despite it being quite blatently obvious that Menezes was assassinated..
[edit on 1-8-2007 by shrunkensimon]
Originally posted by Chorlton
I'd be fascinated as to how you know that De Menezes was so 'obviously assassinated?
Originally posted by Chorlton
So I'll take that as a 'dont know then' shall I?
Originally posted by shrunkensimon
And no, your lantern explanation is bunk as far as im concerned. Nice to know you *ignore*
De Menezes was shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder at close range, and died at the scene. An eyewitness later said that the eleven shots were fired over a thirty second period, at three second intervals.
Originally posted by ThichHeaded
They said he ran was carrying stuff.
After the shooting, there were reports about Mr Menezes in the media which turned out not to be true - such as that he was wearing a bulky jacket - and the IPCC considered whether the Met was responsible.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police apologised for "errors in both internal and external communication".