Stories No Longer Operative: "Not that the jingosphere cares. The Right is always willing to sacrifice innocent others in their holy war against scary brown people.

He wasn't wearing a heavy jacket. He used his card to get into the station. He didn't vault the barrier. And now police say there are no CCTV pictures to reveal the truth. So why did plainclothes officers shoot young Jean Charles de Menezes seven times in the head, thinking he posed a terror threat? Special report by Tony Thompson, and Tom Phillips in Brazil."

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