Monday - July 25, 2005

Blackmail

I am certainly glad I have a thick skull and a big head of hair. How else could I block out all those dangerous gamma rays that are penetrating the atmosphere and damaging the brains of so many people around the world? I sure save a lot of money on tin-foil, not having to build a new “barrier-hat” every day. The latest example of brain-damaged idiots is from .... Britain! Surprised? Not me. I just knew this was coming and it was only a matter of time before some idiot family member of the recently deceased Brazilian was contacted by some greedy barrister. It took a whole two days for the maggots to go after the police ....

Victim’s Family: Police Must Pay

^{Monday, July 25, 2005}

LONDON, England (CNN)—The family of a Brazilian man shot dead by armed police officers at a London subway station say they are considering legal action. Jean Charles de Menezes, a 27-year-old electrician, was killed in the aftermath of last Thursday’s attempted bombings of the London transit system. However police said on Saturday Menezes “was not connected” with the attacks.

Asked if his family was taking legal action, Menezes’ cousin Alex Alves Pereira said the police had to pay for the mistake.

“They have to pay for that in many ways, because if they do not, they are going to kill many people, they are going to kill thousands of people,” Pereira told BBC television. “They just kill the first person they see, that’s what they did.”

“They killed him because they had to show off. If they were so afraid of a bomb why did they let him get on the bus?”

Pereira said his family was upset and angry over the death, and he challenged police statements that Menezes failed to obey orders, and jumped a ticket barrier. He added that no amount of apologizing by police would bring his cousin back.

“When you do something wrong, you can’t have nothing to say—to say sorry is not enough.”

On Sunday Metropolitan Police Commissioner said he regretted Menezes’ death but defended the policy of shooting to kill suspected suicide bombers and warned that more people could be shot.

“To the family, I can only offer our deepest regrets,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair told Sky television. “I think we are quite comfortable that the policy is right, but of course these are fantastically difficult times. “It’s still happening out there, there are still officers having to make those calls as we speak,” he said, adding: “Somebody else could be shot.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 07/25/2005 at 08:45 AM   
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