De Menezes officer knew he wasn't bomber

By Caroline Gammell

The Metropolitan Police commander who ordered the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes knew the Brazilian was not one of the wanted July 21 bombers some time before he was killed, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

	Jean Charles de Menezes

Surveillance officers following the 27-year-old formally identified him as not being Hussain Osman, who they were hunting over the failed suicide attempts on London's transport network the day before.

Commander Cressida Dick, who oversaw Operation Theseus, ordered the surveillance Grey Team to stop Mr de Menezes and question him about the area in which he lived.

He had been spotted in Scotia Road in Tulse Hill, south London, which was linked to 28-year-old Osman after the terrorist's gym card was found bearing the same address.

But despite being negatively identified "in minutes", Mr de Menezes was followed from his home, onto a bus and into Stockwell Tube station where he was killed on July 22, 2005.

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Cdr Dick ordered a "hard stop" to be carried out by firearms officers after anti-terror and surveillance teams failed to stop him, the court heard.

Details of the identification came from a surveillance co-ordinator giving evidence during the health and safety trial against the Metropolitan Police.

The officer, known only as "Owen", told the court: "There was a point when the senior management group knew that it wasn't Nettletip (Osman's codename). I believe that came across on the radio.

"I can't say what the exact words were but there was a discussion about the situation on the bus and they wanted SO13 anti-terror police to stop the subject and establish intelligence about the residents and flats at Scotia Road.

	Cressida Dick ordered officers to stop Mr de Menezes

"If he lived next to the subject he may have been able to tell us things of relevance. It later emerged that they (surveillance) had continued and Cressida Dick asked why the unidentified individual was still being followed if it was not Nettletip."

Clare Montgomery, QC, prosecuting, asked: "Was he identified as positively not Nettletip?"

Owen replied: "Yes, the direction was for the surveillance teams to stop and for the anti-terror officers to gather the intelligence about the block of flats.

"After three or four minutes Cressida Dick and I were aware that the surveillance team had not pulled back and they were still following the male. Her belief was it definitely wasn't the suspect."

Owen said that at no time during the operation was Mr de Menezes, who came to Britain in 2002, "positively identified" as Osman.

A second surveillance officer, identified as "Pat", told jurors how it had been difficult to communicate over the racket in the control room.

"People were shouting to make themselves heard," he said. "I had difficulty getting people's attention because I couldn't leave my seat."

He said there had been trouble with the radio link to the undercover and firearms teams: "There seemed to be problems with the system, but that is not uncommon."

The hearing continues.

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CCTV proves police lied: de Menezes behaved normally before being murdered

The murder scene. Jean Charles de Menezes ‘ body in a puddle of blood after police pumped seven slugs into him.

The cops claimed Jean Charles de Menezes was wearing a bulky coat to hide a bomb. But they lied. He was wearing a light denim jacket. They said he was running away, jumping turnstiles. But they lied. He walked nonchalantly like everyone else, completely unsuspecting that he was about to be murdered by a bloodthirsty gang of Israeli-trained London cops, who lie, lie and lie some more. The entire operation was a lie from it’s inception, through its execution and into its continuing subsequent whitewashing and coverup.

They could have easily detained him outside the station, which is the logical thing to do with a “suicide bomber” to prevent catastrophe, but the “controllers” purposely stalled to allow their prey to end up down in the tube where he could be properly dispatched out of the light of day. They say it was a “botched operation”, but the way these thugs operate, I doubt there was any mistake made on the part of the controllers. It was just another deception. They meant to have him killed to make an example out of him. In other words, “We have the power of life over death. We decide when you live and when you die. We are the new overlords. And best of all, we’re untouchable! hahahahaha!”

9/11 is a proven lie, another Hollywood production for an ignorant dumbed-down public. So was 7/7, yet another false-flag operation, with simultaneous drills in exactly the same three stations, designed to get people to surrender their liberties for “security” from the loving Big Brother global fascist state.

So, will you believe what they say now about Mr de Menezes? They are still lying you know, and won’t stop lying about this crime probably for the rest of their lives. And for their loyalty and devotion to the job, they will get their medals of dishonor, their elevation in the masonic lodge and maybe even knighthoods. Mmm, wouldn’t that be nice?

And since these disgusting lying cops are now the new gods, whose boots must now be licked with complete subservience, they will maintain immunity from prosecution just as murdering troops, commanders and mercenaries in Iraq keep getting off virtually scott-free for gunning down entire families in their homes, on the sidewalks and in their cars. British police now have shoot-to-kill powers of anyone suspected of being a terrorist and de Menezes will not be the last to die like this. How would you like it if this happened to your dear sweet son, or your loving brother? No matter who you are, you must see the total absurdity, criminal brutality and injustice of this heinous event and you must speak out against it. If not, then don’t cry when they kill or maim your own loved ones.

This type of garbage will just go on and on, getting worse and worse unless people wake up and realize that all of their freedoms are being stripped from them by a neofeudal elite, unrestrained by traditional values like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Stop them now, before we are all microchipped, because by then, it will be just about too late.

More pictures here.

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De Menezes jury see images of police hunt

The first dramatic pictures of one of the policemen who shot Jean Charles de Menezes were released by prosecutors yesterday.

They were shown to the jury at the Old Bailey trial in which the Metropolitan Police is accused of endangering Mr Menezes and the public.

Minutes after the man and other armed officers burst into Stockwell Tube station, in south London, the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician died with seven bullets in the head.

Officers mistook him for attempted suicide bomber Hussain Osman the day after the July 21 London bombings.

Prosecutor Clare Montgomery QC told the jury that firearms officers arrived after Mr de Menezes entered the station.

She said two firearms officers, who she referred to as C2 and C12, placed their Glock 9mm pistols against Jean Charles's head and fired.

The images, taken from CCTV footage, show C2, dressed in an unmarked grey top, pushing past two commuters to try to get through the ticket barrier.

He is then seen vaulting over the top to get into the station, down the escalator and to the platform. Passengers look on in disbelief as other armed officers rush through the barrier.

The hearing continues

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A cold blooded murder based on bodged up intelligence - enough said.

Menezes police told 'shoot to kill'

Armed officers were told to shoot to kill suspected suicide bombers on the day they gunned down innocent Jean Charles de Menezes, the Old Bailey has heard.

They were told they would be using "new and unusual tactics" and given special bullets to ensure death.

A firearms officer code named Ralph had no doubt that he or another officer "might have to shoot someone point blank in the head", said Clare Montgomery, QC, prosecuting.

The armed officers were briefed about their role after a surveillance team staked out flats in south London linked to July 21 bomber Hussain Osman. But they did not arrive there until four hours later, after Mr de Menezes, a 27-year-old Brazilian electrician left to catch an underground train. When they eventually caught up with him on a train at Stockwell Station, he was shot seven times in the head by two officers.

The Metropolitan police denies putting Mr de Menezes and members of the public at risk by making "shocking and catastrophic" mistakes on July 22 2005.

Ralph, the leader of the "black team" of firearms officers said they were given the impression they were dealing with a "deadly and determined, suicidal bomber", said Ms Montgomery.

They were issued with pistols loaded with "special 124 grain ammunition" which has been shown "to produce death much more quickly and prevent somebody reacting", she said. "That is why it was loaded, because it was thought they might have to fire into someone's head."

During the briefing the officers were told they would be using "unusual tactics that the department had not used before", Ms Montgomery said. "Ralph understood this to mean they might have to shoot someone point blank in the head."

The officers were told the people they might have to deal with were "deadly" and "up for it", jurors were told.

"They were also warned that the bombers might be carrying explosive devices that could easily be concealed about the body and detonated. As a result of the briefing Ralph had no doubt that there was a real likelihood of he or another firearms officer having to deal with a deadly and determined suicidal bomber."

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"They were told they would be using "new and unusual tactics" and given special bullets to ensure death".

Welcome to the nazi gestapo police force, shoot to kill policy
special bullets & new & unusual tactics....(Is this Hawaii 5.0 ?)
Wow! What ever happened to the met!