Thursday, August 25, 2005

dreaded brazilian

* headline: "Watchdog: Police have footage of Tube death". 3rd last para: "However, members of the Brazilian delegation revealed that some of the CCTV cameras that would have filmed Mr de Menezes being shot may have been out of order. "Apparently there are parts of the film which do not exist," said Ambassador Manoel Gomes Pereira." (link)
shame on the Independent.

* guardian headline: "Police watchdog has 'crucial' Stockwell tube footage"
body:
"Mr Hardwick said: "Some of the CCTV footage we have had has been crucial to the investigation. I have seen it and it is very helpful.""
i.e. they dont have the 'crucial' footage - they have some which has been crucial. im so fucking sick of all the lies.

"But Nick Hardwick, chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), ... said there would be further verification but... there was "no reason" to believe any had been deliberately withheld."
in other words, they dont have some of it.

"There will be some material that cannot be disclosed for reasons of national security and because we do not want to prejudice any future action."
national security? wtf? its either a national security secret to prove that they lie, or that not all the cameras work, or that we shoot innocent people. fuckers.

"Meanwhile today, the Daily Mail reported claims that the police operation which led to the shooting had been hampered because the officers' radios did not work underground. The communication breakdown also meant that they were unable to take orders from senior officers at Scotland Yard."
theres the latest spin. bastards. the police on the scene knew that he was innocent, but the military folk couldnt know that cos their radios werent working, so they shot him? quick question: when did they consider that there might be an attack on the tube and did they ever test their comms?

"But last night a source told the Guardian: "Tapes were recovered with useful material, although they don't cover all parts of the station. There is CCTV coverage from the ticket area but there is an issue about the platform."
Asked if there was no useful footage from either the platform or the train, the source said: "You may be right."" (link)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

isn't it rich that Brazil sends over a delegaton to examine the death of a citizen of theirs that was so impressed by their regime that he (aledgedly)forged visas inorder to stay here. you would think that the Brazilian govt would be busy enough investigating the 1000 deaths at the hands of police which occur in their own country every year.

lukery said...

malagaoth - yeah - that was very rich. i couldnt believe my ears when i heard that they kill 1000 per year - i bet they were all vaulting turnstiles or something.

(fwiw - im not sure it has been resolved what the story is with that visa)