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London Police Blasted in Subway Killing

'05 shooting of innocent mistaken for terrorist endangered public

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 1, 2007 3:59 PM CDT

(Newser) – London police were found guilty today of fatal misconduct in the 2005 subway killing of an innocent Brazilian. The force will have to pay roughly $1.17 million for breaking safety rules and endangering the public. Officers shot the victim seven times in the head after mistaking him for a terrorist who'd failed to set off a bomb one day earlier.

The judge deemed the case a “corporate failure, not an individual failure.” Indeed, the jury added a statement to its guilty verdict saying the commander in charge of the operation shouldn't be held personally responsible. The incident went "so badly that the public were needlessly put at risk," prosecutors said; opposition parties renewed calls for the police commissioner to resign.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick, centre, of London's Metropolitan Police leaves the Central Criminal Court in London Thursday Nov. 1, 2007, following the verdict that London's police force... (Associated Press)

Women look at a photo of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes outside Stockwell subway station in London, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. de Menezes, mistaken for a suicide bomber, was shot dead by police in a... (Associated Press)

Floral tributes are seen under a photo of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes outside Stockwell subway station in London, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. de Menezes, mistaken for a suicide bomber, was shot dead... (Associated Press)

London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, left, speaks to the media outside the Central Criminal Court, in London, Thursday Nov. 1, 2007, following the verdict that London's police force... (Associated Press)

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