Reply #76: That's rather disingenuous.

[Spider Jerusalem]

The official policy allows for the killing of suspected and potential suicide bombers in situations where an immediate threat to public safety is perceived.

The killing of De Menezes was a terrible tragedy that occurred because of incompetence and poor intelligence; if the police had taken the time to suss out the identities of the residents of the block they had under surveillance, and to properly identify who it was they were watching, this wouldn't have happened.

On the other hand, had this actually been a suicide bomber and NOT an innocent Brazilian electrician, could you say the actions of the police would have been wrong?

Obviously the current procedures are deeply flawed and need to be rethought; the fact that something like this happened shows that.