Pic is a screenshot from this YouTube video. Wikipedia entry about Menezes. He was a Brazilian national, 27 years old. The police paid £100,000 to his family, but none of the officers involved were charged.
The money probably goes a lot further in Brazil. But it feels like maybe they used the fact that his family was poor, and from a country with a much lower per capita income than the UK, as an excuse to pay them less.
I remember when this happened, the higher ups in the police force did their best to discredit the guy, saying that he was acting suspiciously, running, refusing to stop. But the footage was leaked and he was just a normal guy doing normal things.
I remember when the explosions happened, how everyone was jittery about brown people on the tube. After that, people were jittery about the police shooting members of the public and then trying to make a cover story. The guy wasn't even brown, just had black hair.
Yeah, I saw a side by side comparison of Menezes and the suspect the cops were actually trying to find and they didn’t look much alike at all. The bomber was much darker skinned.
Yes, a plain clothes police officer jumped the barrier in pursuit, eye witnesses then report a man jumping the barrier before hearing gunshots, this then becomes “foreign man shot for jumping barrier”
So they falsly claimed he was resisting arrest but did not. Key part is he was restrained either way and shot when he was laying on the ground?? They fuckin executed him.
They executed an innocent man, lied, paid an absurd small amount to the family and nothing happened to his killers?wtf.
Old mate Keir Starmer didn't prosecute Cressida Dick (who gave the orders) or any other person involved when Jean's family appealed the original decision to not prosecute any of the officers involved. Starmer was head of the CPS at the time
Keir Starmer is not responsible for this murder, though he is a criminal for many other reasons. Let's not muddy the waters, we should be clear about his criminality and that the police were responsible for this murder. That is, unless someone else authorised the murder by multiple gunshots to the head, which I believe Cressington Dickery did. She is the responsible person for this murder if she authorised the killing.
Don't forget the whole reason this happened was because of an attack on the country, orchestrated by the government. Until people realise that, this will happen again and again.
Edit, autocorrect changed the criminal's name and I have corrected it back so there is no doubt.
It did not appear to be written that way when I replied, though we can all make mistakes. It wasn't a personal attack on that person either so I'm happy to be corrected, thank you. Ignoring that, he's still a criminal and I hope we can deal with him as such rather than as a PM.
There’s an amazing movie about him called Jean Charles, starring Selton Mello. A must watch if you want to know more about his life and struggles in the UK
Oval was my local tube at the time - this was horrific. The whole of London was on edge due to the bombings - we’d all be checking each other’s rucksacks out and looking for suspicious behavior. It was a crazy time, but didn’t justify this happening
Pic is a screenshot from this YouTube video. Wikipedia entry about Menezes. He was a Brazilian national, 27 years old. The police paid £100,000 to his family, but none of the officers involved were charged.
£100k seems like an offensively small amount in that situation.
It does.
“Sorry we accidentally murdered your son, here’s a year’s salary from someone working a full time job in a middle class.”
The money probably goes a lot further in Brazil. But it feels like maybe they used the fact that his family was poor, and from a country with a much lower per capita income than the UK, as an excuse to pay them less.
I remember when this happened, the higher ups in the police force did their best to discredit the guy, saying that he was acting suspiciously, running, refusing to stop. But the footage was leaked and he was just a normal guy doing normal things.
I remember when the explosions happened, how everyone was jittery about brown people on the tube. After that, people were jittery about the police shooting members of the public and then trying to make a cover story. The guy wasn't even brown, just had black hair.
Yeah, I saw a side by side comparison of Menezes and the suspect the cops were actually trying to find and they didn’t look much alike at all. The bomber was much darker skinned.
Didn’t the cops darken and stretch the image of him to match?
Yeah I remember reading that he jumped the barrier and tried to flee, that was all bs looking at this.
Yes, a plain clothes police officer jumped the barrier in pursuit, eye witnesses then report a man jumping the barrier before hearing gunshots, this then becomes “foreign man shot for jumping barrier”
I would be more surprised if they didn't do that, that's always the first move
In America maybe, in the UK police shootings are extremely rare and generally justified
This one certainly wasn’t.
It wasn't, it was an awful situation and I have no doubt the officer who shot him will take that shit to his grave
That guy didn't deserve to die
If you're interested in how police lose all of their faculties to make reasonable decisions, look at the events of the Eric Dorner manhunt.
he was walking while brown skinned, that's it really
He wasn’t brown skinned. If you look at his photo on Wikipedia, he is white.
I watched a docu about this, and a miniseries about this.
Good god, they fucked up. They fucked up hard.
Rest easy, good sir.
Didn't police open fire into a tube with passengers in it?
They did, but they shot him in the head multiple times at point blank range.
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That’s not how hollow points work.
Didnt knew the case, wtf.
So they falsly claimed he was resisting arrest but did not. Key part is he was restrained either way and shot when he was laying on the ground?? They fuckin executed him.
They executed an innocent man, lied, paid an absurd small amount to the family and nothing happened to his killers?wtf.
Rest in Peace
And they promoted the person responsible, Cressida Dick, to Police Commisioner of the Met.
thats so fucked up
The police commissioner was the bomber?
America has taught them well.
Old mate Keir Starmer didn't prosecute Cressida Dick (who gave the orders) or any other person involved when Jean's family appealed the original decision to not prosecute any of the officers involved. Starmer was head of the CPS at the time
Cressida dick is a very unfortunate namw
If the shoe fits...
It sounds like a Roald Dahl character name.
The Starmer obsessives are getting out of hand now......
obsessive is pointing out the current PM is responsible for this murder not being prosecuted ?
Keir Starmer is not responsible for this murder, though he is a criminal for many other reasons. Let's not muddy the waters, we should be clear about his criminality and that the police were responsible for this murder. That is, unless someone else authorised the murder by multiple gunshots to the head, which I believe Cressington Dickery did. She is the responsible person for this murder if she authorised the killing.
Don't forget the whole reason this happened was because of an attack on the country, orchestrated by the government. Until people realise that, this will happen again and again.
Edit, autocorrect changed the criminal's name and I have corrected it back so there is no doubt.
Cressington dickery- what a unfortunate label
Indeed, she deserves it though. Unfit for any office of any kind.
I think the guy above you is saying Starmer is responsible for this murder not being prosecuted, not responsible for the murder.
It did not appear to be written that way when I replied, though we can all make mistakes. It wasn't a personal attack on that person either so I'm happy to be corrected, thank you. Ignoring that, he's still a criminal and I hope we can deal with him as such rather than as a PM.
Rest in Power, Jean Charles
There’s an amazing movie about him called Jean Charles, starring Selton Mello. A must watch if you want to know more about his life and struggles in the UK
My friend saw it happen.
Oval was my local tube at the time - this was horrific. The whole of London was on edge due to the bombings - we’d all be checking each other’s rucksacks out and looking for suspicious behavior. It was a crazy time, but didn’t justify this happening
i remember this so well when i was a kid. no way it was tht long ago. i thought it happened in 2010 or something.