Photo of Police responsible for the London subway shooting

[Sandpiper]

A brown skinned man?

Wearing a jacket?

And running in fear of unidentified armed men chasing him?


By gum, a terrorist if ever I saw one!

[Eric J in MN]

1. The descritpion of him as having dark skin was in the press,

but doesn't match the photo:

http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft/images/jean_charles_de_menezes,.jpg
Jean Charles de Menezes

Read my article at:
http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2005_07_27_london_shooting_of_an_innocent_man_shows_that_police_in_uniform.asp

[whistle]

2. Well, that is not fair, this photo was taken in bright sun light....

....which any racist police officer knows will make the darkest skin look white.:sarcasm:

Brazilians are a mixed culture but many come from a Portuguese heritage. I see no dark skin on Jean Charles de Menezes, but then I tend to also be color blind when it comes to human beings.

[Sandpiper]

4. Brown skin? You be the judge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes

[hopein08]

5. Ah, maybe they just thought he was a light skinned Arab...

In all seriousness, what happened to him is outrageous. But, in all honesty, it is probably one of the things that a good terrorist would hope for. Make the police super suspicious of all people, have a tragedy like this, and the attacks in general, happen, and have the people be super suspicious of the police. If that isn't a recipe for terror, I don't know what is.

R.I.P. Jean Charles de Menezes

[Swamp Rat]

6. Tadinho!

:cry:

[FloridaPat]

3. The Keystone Cops stood for humor and fun. Enjoyment of life.

This is horrible to suggest that the incompentent murderes in London are anything like the compentent (their goal was laughter and they got it) likeable unmurderous Keystone Cops.

I love the Keystone Cops.

[Catherine Vincent]

7. Did the London Police Department ever apologize for their

mistakenly murdering this man? What will they do to repay this man's family?