22Sep/082
Convinced…?
"Both officers state that they were convinced that Mr de Menezes was a suicide bomber, that he was about to detonate a bomb, and that unless they prevented him from doing so, everyone in that carriage was going to die," said Sir Michael.
Well I appreciate that - but when I was four years old I was convinced I was going to be an astronaut. That didn't make it actually true.
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September 22nd, 2008 - 22:23
No personal culpability can be attached to officers who have been misinformed or are just following orders.
“Wir haben es nicht gewusst.”
“Befehl ist Befehl.”
September 23rd, 2008 - 12:03
Just to hammer the point home, the coroner also pointed out that
“It does appear that by the time Mr de Menezes had entered Stockwell station, no member of the surveillance team had positively identified him.”