ECHR Rules Police Shooting Of Jean Charles de Menezes Was Lawful
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the shooting of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005 was lawful. The police officers who killed de Menezes, believing he was a suicide bomber, should not be prosecuted, the Strasbourg court ruled. De Menezes, died after he being pinned down by police at a London tube station and shot eleven times. RT reports: The shooting took place nearly 11 years ago in the tense days following the 7/7 terror attacks in which 56 Londoners died.