Wednesday, August 17, 2005

What's That Smell?

Remember the guy that was shot in the London subway the day after the bombings?
Seems like the poop is about to hit the fan:
He wasn't wearing a heavy jacket. He used his card to get into the station. He didn't vault the barrier. And now police say there are no CCTV pictures to reveal the truth. So why did plainclothes officers shoot young Jean Charles de Menezes seven times in the head, thinking he posed a terror threat?
So most of the "facts" of the initial story were fabricated. Multiple closed circuit cameras conveniently didn't work. The stench is beginning to make me woozy.
He (Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair) insists the shoot-to-kill policy is the 'least worst' way of tackling suicide bombers and refuses to rule out other innocent people being shot in similar circumstances. 'I am not certain the tactic we have is the right tactic, but it is the best we have found so far.'
The arrogance!! 'Oh, its OK if we shoot a few innocent people if we mistakenly believe they are terrorists.'
They had the guy subdued on the ground in the subway station, for crying out loud!!
Commissioner Blair and all his cronies should lose their jobs, and the officers involved should be tried for murder.

Wasn't it just last week that I said never trust a government investigation of itself?
Assume ANYTHING a government says is a lie until proven otherwise.

Update: Now it is being reported that there is leaked video footage of the subway station, ostensibly from the cameras the cops said didn't work.

Heads MUST roll.

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