We're automatically willing to believe people who may or may not have an ulterior motive and we're willing to automatically assume those whose job is to protect us are guilty.
How sad. Full, complete & impartial investigations, not allegations.
That's what is all about, COMPLETE and IMPARTIAL investigations. With these new material, would you think what the police department said was complete, impartial and most of all true?
The police oversight group investigating the shooting death of a Brazilian man mistaken for a bomber last month accused London police Thursday of resisting an independent investigation into his death.
The sharp comments came after lawyers for Jean Charles de Menezes' family met the watchdog group, demanding answers amid allegations of a police cover-up.
I'm not defending police brutality. I'm suggesting that we make no assumptions that the police are in the wrong.
... witnesses reported that Menezes, who they claimed was dressed and acting suspiciously, jumped over station ticket barriers before bolting from armed officers toward a train.
