Re: RIP Jean Charles. Another innocent victim of the UK legal and justice systems Archived Message
Posted by Rich on January 25, 2020, 5:49 pm, in reply to "RIP Jean Charles. Another innocent victim of the UK legal and justice systems"
"When one of the surveillance officers on Scotia Street saw the Brazilian coming out of the flats, he flagged him as a potential match for the suspect." I don't think that's true. Menezes looked nothing like the suspect and the surveillance team had no idea who this person was that walked out of the block. They wanted to know who he was obviously and followed him. A bit later on they sent a police car with with flashing blue lights on and sirens blaring to apprehend him on the bus for questioning. Would they have sent all that noise if they thought Menezes was a terrorist!! IIRC correctly the police in the car were unarmed. The police in the car were ordered to withdraw just as they screeched to a halt at the bus because someone decided to send officers from SO19 instead.
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