London Police Said to Resist Death Probe

[brooklynite]

LONDON (AP) - City police opposed an independent investigation into their fatal shooting of a Brazilian man they mistook for a suicide bomber, a British official said Thursday, as allegations grew of a cover-up.

``The Metropolitan Police Service initially resisted us taking on the investigation, but we overcame that,'' said John Wadham, chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is now investigating the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes.

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The Guardian newspaper reported Thursday that Sir Ian Blair, director of London's Metropolitan Police, tried to block the commission's independent probe because it could have a negative affect national security and intelligence. The paper also said police kept IPCC from the shooting scene for three days.

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On Tuesday and Wednesday, a British TV station leaked documents from the complaints commission investigation that contradicted police accounts of Menezes's death.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5218925,00.html

[rocktivity]

1. No shit, Sherlock (if you pardon the expression)

:rofl:
rocknation

[mikeytherat]

2. Ah, right from the BushCo playbook...play the National Security card!

Sir Ian Blair, director of London's Metropolitan Police, tried to block the commission's independent probe because it could have a negative affect national security and intelligence

The National Security card -- never leave home without it!

mikey_the_rat

[Sandpiper]

3. Not allowing law enforcement to murder innocent people

Will "have a negative effect on national security and intelligence."

Is it fascism yet?

[jsamuel]

4. Got fascism?

[wli]

5. fascism on the goose-step n/t