It was a tragedy that John Charles de Menezes was killed. The police made cock-ups galore that day, and an innocent man was killed. None of that is in dispute.
But honestly, when will people stop banging on about de Menezes, as this self-indulgent ‘artist’ is? Surely it’s time to let the matter, and de Menezes himself, rest?
The police who made that horrible mistake were bravely trying to protect us from homicidal Islamists who want us all to convert or die. Oh that any of those who still harp on about de Menezes should ever be faced with such an astonishing level of responsibility and danger in their own jobs.
Guys, you never stop talking about John Charles de Menezes. But how many of you can name a single one of the 52 people who were murdered by Islamists on July 7?
Hear hear!!
The BBC has been one of teh worst, skoking up contoversy about the apparent lack of a cry of “Stop! ARmed Police! Please come quietly!” as if that is the most prudent approach to a suicide bomber. The lack of apprecation for the actions of the officers nausiates me. Whatever the faults in intellgence and command, those men *believed* JCM was a suicide bomber. How many of us – let alone the critics of the police – would throw ourselves at someone we sincerely believed to be wired to a ton of TNT in order to save others?
Chas, why don’t you enlist in the Army and fight the Islamists in Afghanistan?
Why not indeed?