The family of a Brazilian man killed by police who mistook him for a terrorist watched videotapes of the shooting while meeting with independent investigators Thursday and said the tapes prove police lied about what happened.

Undercover police shot and killed electrician Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, aboard a subway train July 22, a day after four failed attempts to bomb the city's transport system. Two weeks earlier, four suspected suicide bombers had killed 52 commuters in similar attacks.

Police shot de Menezes seven times in the head and once in the shoulder after following him onto a train at Stockwell Underground station. Some of the closed-circuit television cameras there were not working, so the entire incident was not recorded.

De Menezes' brother, Giovani, said the tapes supported the family's belief that police lied about the case.

"The film showed that Jean did not have suspicious behavior. For sure they (police) lied to the family," he said.

De Menezes' mother, Maria Otone de Menezes, said Wednesday her son had been treated "like a mad dog" and called for the arrest of the officers responsible for his death. The family toured the subway station Wednesday.

Harriet Wistrich, a lawyer representing the family, read a statement to reporters after Thursday's viewing of the videotapes.

"It was very distressing to see how completely relaxed and normal Jean Charles appeared, particularly in the light of statements made immediately after his death," the statement said.

Police said immediately after the incident that the shooting was directly linked to the bombing attempts the day before. Police also did not immediately contradict media reports that Menezes was acting suspiciously, wearing a bulky coat and had jumped the subway turnstile.

Images of the scene showed Menezes wearing a jean jacket. He was unarmed.
Brazilian Family: Tapes Prove Police Lied

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i dunno just sounds weird. Afterall if there was no suspicion why they shoot him? they could have just as well have shot any number of countless folks at the station... its not like London is missing people of brown skin or anything.

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Originally posted by Yoepus i dunno just sounds weird. Afterall if there was no suspicion why they shoot him? they could have just as well have shot any number of countless folks at the station... its not like London is missing people of brown skin or anything.

The reason he was being followed was cos he left the same appartment block as the one a suspect lived in.

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Originally posted by Michael19 They person who shoot him should be done for murder. What kind of clowns do they have running the police over there? Really is a massive fuck up on their part.

the police did the right thing, if this had been another terror attack, they would have had to live with the knowledge that they let the person free who killed tens or hundreds of peoplep, it's sad but it's best to be safe than sorry

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Originally posted by Ian^ the police did the right thing, if this had been another terror attack, they would have had to live with the knowledge that they let the person free who killed tens or hundreds of peoplep, it's sad but it's best to be safe than sorry

There's always someone who is in favor of summary execution.....until it's them looking down the barrel of a gun.

Tell me if it where you would you still feel this way?

No need to answer. It's obvious you'd realize how much you treasure your life and others when such a situation arises.

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Originally posted by ogvh5150 There's always someone who is in favor of summary execution.....until it's them looking down the barrel of a gun. Tell me if it where you would you still feel this way? No need to answer. It's obvious you'd realize how much you treasure your life and others when such a situation arises.

on the contrary, if they thought I was posing a danger to national security, especially just after some terrorist attacks, then I'd respect any decision they made.

You say that now.

But when the day comes, you'll regret that statement sad for me to say.

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Originally posted by ogvh5150 You say that now. But when the day comes, you'll regret that statement sad for me to say.

imo if you live by the sword, you die by it. You cannot support situations like this one without knowing that it may one day happen to you, and I'm totally comfortable with that, simply because if the person shot was a terrorist, every life taken would be on your conscience as you let him go. Shooting to kill isn't always the answer, but in some cases it's necessary. What it goes to show is that people who move over here have got to try & fit in with the language & culture because there may be a day when a simple "Wait a minute..... (and explanation)" are needed

Please spare me the us versus them propaganda.

You might as well think like these statements:

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Originally posted by ogvh5150 One day when people see that they somehow (through no fault of their own) wind up in a situation that makes the Patriot Act apply to them will they complain of how unfair it is. This usually is linked to statements like: "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have anything to worry about." "Since you were arrested you must have been doing something wrong." "Laws are for those that break them." "Terrorists do not deserve the same rights as we do." These statements are usually found coming from people that have had preset ideas implanted into their minds. Mind control is either a good or bad tool depending on the result that you need. Want to quit smoking or make someone homicidal? Want to make someone buy your product or give away their liberties? Use mind control.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Abraham Lincoln

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The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing

As regards the condition of the hemispheres themselves, an alert state of the nervous system is absolutely essential for the formation of a new conditioned reflex. If the dog is mostly drowsy during the experiments, the establishment of a conditioned reflex becomes a long and tedious process, and in extreme cases is impossible to accomplish. The hemispheres must, however, be free from any other nervous activity, and therefore in building up a new conditioned reflex it is important to avoid foreign stimuli which, falling upon the animal, would cause other reactions of their own. If this is not attended to, the establishment of a conditioned reflex is very difficult, if not impossible.
Conditioned Reflexes: An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex
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An example had to be made, unfortunately, it was him.

oh bla dee, life goes on.

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