Menezes police officer promoted. One of the senior officers in charge on the day Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by police is to be promoted.
Commander Cressida Dick is to become a deputy assistant commissioner, the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) announced on Tuesday. [BBC News]
So the penalty for murdering an innocent man by mistake and then lying to cover up it up is a promotion. Apparently the British cops are following the example of American cops in more ways than just their eagerness to kill the people they’re supposed to be protecting.
There is one big difference from how this would have been addressed in the US: the BBC story identifies Commander Dick by name and includes a photo of her. Apparently the British cops aren’t worried that some concerned citizen might get some justice for poor Mr. Menezes.
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