So Then he Vaulted the Barrier, That's Right, Eh Lads?

I was intrigued/incensed by the information coming to light about the shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes. If you recall my previous post on the subject, I was dubious about the Police's version of events and certainly thought that they had blundered through idiocy and the desire for some of that Hero Pussy.

According to what's now been leaked out, the Police were gung-ho idiots of the highest order. De Menezes simply left a house the Police rightly or wrongly had under surveillance, the guy who should have had him on tape and able to identify him was in the toilet.

The hero cops, remember that, heroes mind we got told that at the time? The hero cops were ordered to stop him from entering the train station. They didn't. He didn't vault the barrier but accessed it with his travelcard as his family had said. Even picked up a Metro. Mind how he had that big jacket on that "might have contained a bomb"? Turns out it was a denim jacket. Mind all that talk about how he rubber eared the Police's clear instructions to surrender? Seems now that they didn't give any.

When he got on the train it appears that he was apprehended by an officer who pinned his arms to his sides. His hero colleague then shot him 7 times in the head, once in the shoulder and now it appears they even managed to miss 3 times.

Aye, heroes protecting the community, not glory hunting idiots creating a disaster out of fuck all. Then spinning a story to cover their arses. The modern day equivalent of framing a load of Irish folk. I hope that buffoon Sir Ian Blair has the decency to resign after defending the Keystone Cops with firearms.