Police Plead Not Guilty in Brazilian’s Death
London’s Metropolitan Police pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the death of a Brazilian who was shot last year after officers mistook him for a suicide bomber.
Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot seven times in the head by Scotland Yard anti-terrorism officers aboard a train in south London on July 22, 2005.
Two weeks earlier, four suicide bombers killed 52 people on London’s transit system. Four other men attempted similar attacks the day before De Menezes was shot.
No individual officer was charged. Instead, prosecutors charged that the force endangered public safety.
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