The Guns of Brixton

From the BBC today:

A man shot dead by police hunting the bombers behind Thursday's London attacks was a Brazilian electrician unconnected to the incidents.

The man, who died at Stockwell Tube on Friday, has been named by police as Jean Charles de Menezes, 27.

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Scotland Yard said Mr Menezes, who lived in Brixton, south London, was completely unconnected to the bomb attacks and added: "For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets."

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...Mr Menezes, who was from the city of Gonzaga in Minas Gerais staten[in Brazil], had lived in London legally for at least three years and was employed as an electrician. Civil rights groups have called for a full inquiry into the shooting.

I had a really bad feeling about this one from the start. Shoot first and ask questions later is better in theory than in practice. In fact, it really isn't even a good theory. That of course doesn't stop Fox News asswipes like John Gibson from thinking it's all very macho and cool to do what Britsh police did. This shit better not start happening here.

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

You can crush us
You can bruise us
Yes, even shoot us
But oh-the guns of Brixton

Shot down on the pavement
Waiting in death row
His game is called survivin'
As in heaven as in hell

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton

--The Clash