I guess.London's police chief has apologized to the family of a Brazilian man shot to death during a police manhunt for suspects in a bungled bombing of the mass transit network.
The killing of a 27-year-old Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes, has become an international incident, and has set back police efforts to reach out to disaffected British Muslims.
Gee, we're sorry we went all nutsoid. It is a war, you know.
Therefore, no one is safe.On Sunday, London Police Commissioner, Ian Blair, offered an apology during interview with Sky News.
"The Metropolitan Police accepts the full responsibility for this. And to the family, I can only express our deep regrets," he said. "But I think it is also important to recognize that the underlying causes of this are not a police action or a police policy or procedures, but actually the fact that we have terrorists using suicide as a weapon on the streets of London and below the streets of London and that is the context in which we are operating."
Not even from the police.
And YWA would urge you to remember that three policemen had wrestled the man to the ground before shooting him in the head five times.Family and friends of Mr Menezes said they had no reason to believe he was a suspect in the London bombings inquiry.
They said he was an electrician who had been working legally in London for the past three years and spoke good English.
The human rights organisation Liberty called for a "comprehensive" investigation, while rank-and-file police leaders urged people to remember that firearms officers had to "make split second decisions" with "life-long consequences".
Previous posts on the attacks.Another innocent victim in the WAR ON TERROR
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