De Menezes police shooting hearing to reopen

bemildred

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Mon Sep-18-06 09:01 PM
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De Menezes police shooting hearing to reopen

LONDON (Reuters) - The case against the Metropolitan Police over the shooting dead of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistakenly taken for a suicide bomber last year, reopens in court on Tuesday.

The London police force is being prosecuted under health and safety laws, more usually used to resolve incidents at work.

The officers who shot the 27-year-old at Stockwell station in south London are not facing charges.

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The family of de Menezes has described the decision to prosecute police under health and safety laws as "ridiculous".

Reuters

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Kagemusha

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Mon Sep-18-06 09:26 PM
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1. What, unsafe discharge of a weapon 7 times into someone's head?

Call OSHA now.

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daleo

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Mon Sep-18-06 10:04 PM
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2. So, they figure he had a bad case of food poisoning?

I suppose they did force him to eat lead. Still, homicide would make more sense.

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