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August 20, 2005
Did London Police Offer de Menezes Family 'Blood Money'?
"Scotland Yard came under renewed pressure yesterday when the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician mistakenly killed by anti-terror police on the London Underground a day after the failed suicide bombings on July 21, rejected a $1 million compensation offer, which they said was an insult, and was blood money," Mushtak Parker of Arab News reported in the papers August 2005 edition.
London's Metropolitan Police admitted August 20, 2005 that it had offered Mr. de Menezes' family compensation for executing him, according to Scotsman.com
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 20, 2005 08:14 PM
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This compensation or "blood money" is not news; it was reported weeks ago. The police have never tried to hide it - in fact, they are pretty convinced that compensation is in order, since they have killed an innocent.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16113213-23109,00.html
http://www.freedomunderground.org/view.php?v=3&t=3&aid=18049
These reports are from JULY. The police clearly screwed up and need to explain why, but paying compensation to the family is not a secret, coverup, or scandal.
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at August 21, 2005 09:53 AM
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