UK Police Watchdog Promises Report by End of Year on Killing of Brazilian

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBX9K82QCE.html

British Police Watchdog Promises Report by End of Year on Killing of Brazilian

LONDON (AP) - Britain's police watchdog agency promised Tuesday to deliver a report by the end of the year on the slaying of a Brazilian man apparently mistaken for a terrorist suspect on the subway system.

The pledge came after Brazil's deputy attorney general, Wagner Goncalves, and senior Brazilian Justice Ministry official Marcio Pereira Pinto Garcia, arrived in London Monday to determine how and why officers killed the 27-year-old electrician.

Commenting on the time it would take to deliver the report, Richard Latham, an attorney representing the Independent Police Complaints Commission, or IPCC, said: "No one would expect an investigation like this to be hurried."

Criminal or disciplinary proceedings against the officers involved was a possibility, Latham told a brief hearing at a coroner's inquest. The inquest into the July 22 killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot seven times in the head by police officers, was adjourned until Feb. 23.

[whistle]

1. When they believe all of the outrage will die down I suppose....

[bemildred]

2. Stall, stall, stall.

You wouldn't want to hurry the investigation would you? Innocent people could be hurt.

Police and Tube firm at odds over CCTV footage of innocent Brazilian's shooting

Police officers and station managers were at odds last night over the existence of crucial CCTV-footage of the shooting of a Brazilian man wrongly suspected of being a suicide bomber.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article307649.ece

[jsamuel]

4. WHO KILLED HIM? Was it police or SAS (military)

gun and silencer was only used by SAS

Who killed him?

[Kagemusha]

3. Frankly, in all seriousness, I would rush an investigation.

I'd hurry to get people on the record before the trail runs cold. But looks like it already is, thanks to police dragging their feet.

[William Bloode]

5. Hope they hurry.

From what i gather U.K. citizens are pretty upset about the incident, as they should be. Maybe public pressure will speed things up.

My favorite development of the whole 9yrds is how the police say all the surveillance footage from all cameras were blank, but the people who turned over said footage say it was there. I wonder what happened to make the tapes go blank, though i do have one hell of a good guess.