British officers involved in Brazilian shooting part of another fatality

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"British police officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of an innocent Brazilian man last year were part of an operation which led to a man being shot dead earlier this week, a police spokesman told AFP

The officers were attempting to apprehend suspects believed to be involved in an attempted bank robbery on Tuesday in New Romney, Kent, southeast England, when the police opened fire, the spokesman said. One man, who has not yet been named, later died at a nearby hospital.

"The Specialist Firearms team (CO19) involved in the Flying Squad operation in Kent did include officers from the same team who were involved in the Stockwell shooting in July last year," the spokesman told AFP.

Mistaken for a suicide bomber, Jean Charles De Menezes was shot seven times in the head at point blank range at Stockwell Underground train station in south London on July 22, 2005."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061102/wl_afp/britainpoliceshootingbrazilattacks

[bemildred]

1. They still have jobs?

:wow:

[Katzenjammer]

2. Not only jobs, but guns. That's as bad as the US.

At a minimum, the one who lost control and shot poor Menezies 7 times should have been permanently shifted to unarmed policing. If they wanted to continue paying him the allowance, okay, but he should never be allowed to be in a position ever again where he might have to decide whether to shoot someone.