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Go to the BBC's website (news.bbc.co.uk) and read up on the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, and the subsequent fallout that happened when the truth of the events surrounding his killing was leaked, which truth turned out to be nearly 100% the *opposite* of how it was originally described by the police who killed him. To wit: he did not jump a turnstile, was not running through the station, he was not carrying a heavy backpack, he was not wearing a heavy overcoat, and he was in fact being *restrained* with his hands pinned to his side by one of their own officers when he was shot six times in the head.
Sound familiar?
Apparently if you have dark curly hair and tan skin you are fair game, circumstances notwithstanding.
For what it's worth, I am blonde-haired and blue-eyed, but if I had a mind to do it, I could probably kill someone with the steel knitting needles I'm allowed to bring onboard.
