Tube shooting was 'state execution'

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The police killing of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes has been branded "state execution" by a leading Liberal Democrat.

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Mr Taylor told a meeting on the fringe of the Lib Dem conference in Blackpool: "I am not prepared to stand by in a country that takes the decision to allow state execution on the basis of suspicion, even suspicion of mass terrorism.

"Tracking an innocent man, bear-hugging him on the Tube, pulling him up without even presenting your credentials as a policeman and shooting him seven times on the basis of suspicion is unacceptable.

"I wouldn't be convinced if there were five dead terrorists and one dead innocent man. The truth is we have one dead innocent man and not a single success to show for this so-called policy.

Ananova

[MasonJar]

1. Exactly!

[Karenina]

2. GO BRITS!!!

:bounce:

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Link doesn't work for me

Same story here: http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/webhost.asp?wci=default&wcp=NationalNewsStoryPage&ItemID=15047074&ServiceID=8&filterid=10&searchid=8

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4. That happened before, they seem to change the story numbers ... nt