Jean Charles de Menezes
 Jean Charles de Menezes  | |
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| Died | 22 July 2005 |
| Victim of | murder |
Shot dead by UK police 2 weeks after the 7-7 bombings. Police originally lied about the circumstances, and might never have admitted the truth but an administration secretary for the Independent Police Complaints Commission blew the whistle and exposed the real chain of events. | |
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by the London Metropolitan police at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground two weeks after the London Bombings of July 2005. Undercover police then collected information about his family.[1]
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Official Narrative
The IPCC concluded that de Menezes was misidentified as a fugitives associated with the bombs left on the tube the previous day's failed bombing attempts.
Concerns
A spokesperson for the De Menezes Family Campaign said: "It is shameful that the Metropolitan police spied on the legitimate campaign activities of a grieving family who were simply trying to get the answers they deserved after their loved one was killed by police officers." The police have provided no explanation of their continued surveillance. The Guardian suggests "We can only assume they were gathering information in an attempt to discredit the family's campaign for justice in order to deflect accountability for their own failings.[1]
Lana Vandenberghe
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- Full article: Lana Vandenberghe
The true circumstances of the killing of de Menezes may never have been revealed to the public had not whistleblower Lana Vandenberghe exposed as a lie the original version of events released by police, viz. that de Menezes had vaulted over a ticket barrier and run down an escalator to escape firearms officers, wearing a bulky coat that could have concealed explosives. An administration secretary for the Independent Police Complaints Commission, Vandenberghe was arrested and lost her job as a result.[2][3]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author |
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| Lana Vandenberghe | “The full circumstances of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by the Metropolitan Police SO19 Firearms Unit on 22 July 2005 would not have come to the public's attention without the revelations of Lana Vandenbergh. Lana worked as an administration secretary for the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent man, was shot and killed at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by police. Initially, police falsely claimed that he was wearing bulky clothing, had vaulted the ticket barriers and run from police. It soon become clear that de Menezes did not vault and run from the police, but police did not correct the misinformation until the correct information was leaked to the press. At first the police tried to cover up this dreadful mistake. Vandenbergh leaked details of the police enquiry, which was very different from the version then in the public domain.” | Lana Vandenberghe |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:02 08 07 ipcc stockwell.pdf | report | July 2007 | Stockwell two, the second report into the handling and dissemination of information by the Metropolitan Police Service to the Press, following the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes. |
