Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Menezes.
Jean Charles de Menezes
Jean Charles de Menezes in January 2001
Born
Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes

(1978-01-07)7 January 1978
Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died22 July 2005(2005-07-22) (aged 27)
Stockwell, London, England
Cause of deathGunshots to the head
Parent(s)Matosinhos Otoni de Menezes (father)
Maria Otone da Silva (mother)

Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒeˈɐ̃ ˈʃaʁliz dʒi meˈnezis]; 7 January 1978 – 22 July 2005) was a Brazilian man killed by officers of the London Metropolitan Police Service at Stockwell station on the London Underground, after he was wrongly deemed to be one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts.[1] These events took place two weeks after the London bombings of 7 July 2005, in which 52 people were killed.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) initiated two investigations. Stockwell 1, the findings of which were initially kept secret, concluded that none of the officers would face disciplinary charges. Stockwell 2 strongly criticised the police command structure and communications to the public. In July 2006, the Crown Prosecution Service said that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute any named individual police officers in a personal capacity, although a criminal prosecution of the Commissioner in his official capacity on behalf of his police force was brought under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, on the failure of the duty of care due to Menezes. The Commissioner was found guilty and his office was fined. On 12 December 2008 an inquest returned an open verdict.[2]

Menezes's death led to protests in Brazil and prompted apologies from British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. The Landless Workers' Movement demonstrated outside British diplomatic missions in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro.[3] The shooting also led to debate over shoot-to-kill policies adopted by the Metropolitan Police Service after the September 11 attacks.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference StockwellOne was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Open verdict at Menezes inquest, BBC News, 12 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Protest in Brazil after shooting". 26 July 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ Younge, Gary (18 November 2015). "Shoot-to-kill won't make us safe from terror – just sorry". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2021.