Jean Charles de Menezes
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Ongoing legal battle over 2005 UK police killing brings to light covert op to smear victim justice campaigns
On July 22, 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes was executed by armed police on a London Underground train. He was quickly found innocent, but his family’s fight for justice goes on, exposing police efforts to dodge responsibility. Continue reading
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Don’t give up, Mrs Tomlinson By Patricia da Silva Armani
Two days ago, my family gathered at Stockwell tube station at 10am, as we have every year since 2005, to mark the exact moment when my cousin Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by the police. Jean was shot seven times in the head by officers while sitting in a tube carriage, on his way… Continue reading
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The murder of Jean Charles de Menezes: Statement from the family
“Today is a very important day for our family and campaign for justice. We have spoken to Jean’s family in Brazil and they like us feel vindicated by the jury’s verdict. The jury’s verdict is a damning indictment of the multiple failures of the police and the lies they told. It is clear from the Continue reading
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URGENT APPEAL FROM MENEZES FAMILY TO SUPPORTERS
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the support you have given our family over the last 3 ½ years. We have been humbled by your support and on days like today, knowing that you are behind us, gives us the strength to carry on. Today was an… Continue reading
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Judge rules that the jury in the Charles de Menezes murder cannot consider the killing as unlawful
Coroner at the inquest into the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has ruled that the jury cannot consider the verdict of unlawful killing. Instead he has ruled that they can only return a verdict of lawful or open. Continue reading
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Justice 4 Jean Statement at the end of week four of the inquest
Dear Friends Hope this finds you well. Below is our statement from the end of the fourth week of the inquest Also, just to let you know, on Saturday 25th October, the Menezes family will be attending the 10th annual United Friends and Families Campaign (UFFC) Procession in London. The UFFC is London based coalition Continue reading
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Officer, there’s a hole in your bit bucket By William Bowles
On July 30 I wrote a piece on the murder of Mr De Menezes by an undercover assassination squad on the Northern Line train that as the ‘leaks’ that came into the possession of TV News shows, was a pretty accurate summation of the events on that Friday morning. Continue reading
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Death of a Brazilian or how to massage the facts to fit the crime By William Bowles
As more information has come to light on the circumstances surrounding the assassination of the unfortunate Brazilian, it is abundantly clear that from the moment he stepped out of his apartment building in Tulse Hill to go to his job as an electrician, Menezes was a dead man. Continue reading
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Six decades on the third rock from the sun By William Bowles
24 July 2005 Day 4 of Open Season on those who are “darker than blue” First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they Continue reading
The New Dark Age 