Menezes “suicide” sensation

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METROPOLITAN POLICE ISSUE LONG-AWAITED REPORT ON MENEZES SUICIDE

Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair last night declared his force’s investigation into its handling of the reckless and violent suicide of Jean-Charles de Menezes “a glittering success”.

“I feel vindicated,” he told reporters on the steps of New Scotland Yard. “I’m glad it has finally been proved that my force is, in some respects, more blameless than the infant Christ.”

The Met chief put to rest lingering questions about de Menezes’s motive for apparently running amok in July 2005. “He had rage and hatred in his heart,” said Sir Ian. “He knew his UK visa had run out, and he hated our freedom. We can only imagine the carnage his cocaine-fuelled rampage could have resulted in. But the moment our officers intervened by politely asking him to stop, he knew the game was up. From then on it was simply a question of self-defence.”

Sir Ian played down claims that the outcome of the investigation might have been different if it had been conducted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. “That’s absurd,” he said. “The IPCC would quite naturally have arrived at exactly the same conclusions. No-one can doubt our impartiality and professionalism, thanks to the recent Aspersions (Police, Armed Forces Etc.) Abolition Act.” [BBC]

The force has also released a picture showing how de Menezes had transformed his appearance to look as much like a black man as possible in order to fool the police into thinking he was bombing suspect Hussain Osman:

Comments

[amuchmoreexotic.livejournal.com]

What I don't get about this whole fiasco (and my main source of this is discarded Metros and so on): Cressida Dick was specifically absolved from blame. But they now reckon she hadn't said whether or not the Kratos "head-shooty" rules were in play, so no-one knew what exactly the order to "stop" the suspect meant.

Didn't they have a code-word or something so there was no doubt about the rules of engagement?

[mrslant]

You'd think so, wouldn't you? But obviously thinking that police firearms units should be at least vaguely competent just means you're on the side of the terrorists who want to destroy our freedom to get shot by trigger-happy CO19 nutjobs...

I remember Cressida Dick when she was a Superintendent in Oxford. She was a twat then, and I don't suppose much has changed.