If something smells rotten in Denmark, then something is toxic in London.
Conflicting reports are coming to light about the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazillian national falsely identified as a terorist suspect, at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July.
On the one hand, if there was a conspiracy to cover up a monumental bungle, I'd expect the police to be capable of a better job than this. Then again, the probability that all eight CCTV cameras failed or were inoperable beggars belief.
Quite simply, the odds are favouring a cover-up and I wouldn't want to be one of the officers whose head is on the chopping block.
It is imperative that the truth of this matter be flushed out and presented to the british public as soon as possible. Any attempt at a whitewash will not only be a public relations disaster, but is also likely to send the wrong message to police and allow them to get away with poor judgement in the future.
This is a potential tipping point for civil rights and police accountability in the same vein as the brutality of Rodney King in 1991 became a point of reference for the world.
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