Comments for After London Killing Brazilians Ask: "Who Are the Terrorists?" at http://www.brazzil.com , comment 1 to 40 out of 20 comments http://www.brazzil.com Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:37:12 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-33947 As a British ex-pat in Crete I am ashamed of the UK police. Whatever the circumstances, it remains a fact than Jean was held down by two officers, was NOT a threat to any one & was then executed by the third officer. Just one 150 grain, hollow point, frangible bullet would have been enough [although not needed] to fire 8 shows total panic or deliberate killing. The officer was not charged with any crime. He has since killed another man. When in London do not be afraid of criminals - be very afraid of armed police. My condolencies to Jeans family. Kindest regards, Mike Abraham, Georgioupoli, Crete, Greece. - Mike Abraham. Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:31:36 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-28847 The point isn't the act that ended this mans life, it's the fact that they obviously had no reason to suspect him other than their instincts which apparently are far from keene. The shoot to kill policy is fine, but only if you you know who you're shooting at with utmost certainty. Secondly, the attempt to cop out with excuses like he had a big jacket that looked like it was conceling a bomb, or his visa was expired is weak at best. They were undercover, he wasn't running from police, to him he was running from some guys with guns. Put yourself in his or his family's position before you give kudos to the police instead of keeping the ignorant "better him than me" attitude. - Grifter83 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:40:02 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-14101 Whilst I have every sympathy with the victim of the London police shooting, let\'s get som eperspective shall we. How many really poor brasilians are shot IN BRAZIL each day by their own police? Lets look at just one city, lovely Rio. \"The police have killed hundreds of people in Rio de Janeiro\'s shantytowns this year, the human rights group Amnesty International said. The group characterized police behavior in the poor communities as violent and repressive. Many of the victims were said to be suspects in a crime and were shot in the back or at close range; official reports registered them as \'\'resisting arrest.\'\' In the first six months of this year, 621 people were killed by the police, the group said, citing official figures.\" http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E2D91F39F93AA1575BC0A9659C8B63 - Guest Mon, 15 May 2006 15:09:34 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-12913 Maybe Mendez shgould have stayed at home. England would not HAVE a terrorist threat if we threw out migrants and decendants of recent migrants. Its a simple rule. Look like a terrorist and you will be treated like one. Shoot a few more and make England a better place..... - Guest Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:24:14 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-12196 New York is even safer than London these days! The bigger cities in this state (Santa Catarina) like Joinville, Blumenau or Floripa are pretty safe by Brazilian standards. - Guest Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:54:40 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-7491 im in a disco gang, get down , - Guest Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:22:37 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-7490 any major city in the world nowdays is not safe , get used to it, - Guest Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:21:02 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-7337 Erm, London\'s one of the safest cities in the world....... - Guest Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:23:14 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6592 According to the picture above, this guy could pass for White! Looks like it doesn\'t pay to be White since getting shot to death is a equal opportunity proposition... - Guest Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:02:48 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6530 You\'re getting hysterical - if we were living in such terrible times, would those 4 terrorists all have been caught alive? No, London isn\'t the safest place in the world - none of the world\'s best cities are. And yes, one person got killed through a stupid mistake, but is our lifestyle changing - I don\'t think so. Have a cup of tea, it might help you calm down a bit - Guest Wed, 03 Aug 2005 05:42:55 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6523 It is highly unusual that 10-15 people dressed in a normal way, behave in a non-traditional police way, and start suddenly to waive easily forgeable ID\'s rapidly at distance, shout and pursue a single person. So this person will not have any assurance that he will have his life and physical integrity respected. Anybody gets scared. IT’S A NORMAL HUMAN REACTION. I bet the police behaved like a Brit soccer gang ! Besides, London is not the safest place in the world! Some friends that live close by told me they have been mugged, robbed and had even to run from attacks by dozens of soccer fanatics and disco gangs. I am sure the police clearly is NOT telling the whole history, did not identify themselves in a credible way, and did not even examined if the guy had any weapon or explosive before killing him hastily ! By acting in this way they behaved in a COMPLETE NAZI way! Many French people did not understand any German also during WWII! Let’s know suppose a Brazilian police will be inclined to kill a British because he somehow “looked suspicious”. Now the British police don\'t want to loose face in order to \"keep security\". But what they are doing is in fact LOWERING public security to the lowest common denominator possible! In human history this only happened so openly in the most brutal regimes, and this means the terrorists have achieved victory in their infamous and bashful objectives! This police act is ALSO A FORM OF TERRORISM, and the British life style has been ruined for all decent people! If the London police behave in a terrorized form I can imagine the fear of common people. However, if CRIMINOUS GOVERNMENT IMPUNITY continues it will not take long for common citizens to start also killing \"supposed terrorists\" - and total civil chaos will reign. This really does NOT sound good or safer ! - Guest Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:07:16 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6490 It is a shame that we Americans are identified with people like the one who was making the ugly comments earlier. Not all Americans are arrogant, filthy mouthed people. I agree with some of the comments that it could have happened anywhere to anybody. I grieve for the family of the young man killed, it could have been one of our own family members. I love Brasil and its people. I adopted a little boy from Brasil. They are a loving people. Yes, like in any other country there are \"bad\" people who give us all a bad wrap just like in America, London, Isreal, etc........ - Guest Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:54:04 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6469 its not a police inquest, its a coronors inquest - Guest Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:02:34 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6402 this brazilian guy was from Argentina, or any other country, brazilians would be joking about how he was not assassinated and acctually commited suicide by running from the police. Always the same bull s. in Brazil...diversion from the political crisis is all they wanted. - Guest Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:51:08 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6398 Why don\'t Brazil get it\'s economic act together so that people do not have to immigrate to these shitty so-called First World nation. There is enough wealth in Brazil to guarantee better jobs for it\'s citizens. The same goes for Mexico and the rest of Latin America. You are safer in Brazil. America is the last country anyone should want to come to and the major target of \"terrorists\" and it is her own fault. America is a white supremacist bully who delights in kicking the asses of her own black citizens and going overseas nuking innocent women and babies. Trigger happy Nazi racists known as cops love to \"accidentally\" fire 40 rounds into the bodies of black men and then go overseas to Iraq and beat and humiliate Saddam Hussain, murder the man\'s sons in cold blood and delight in tormenting Iraqi prisoners. They have carte blanche to falsely incarcerate and destroy black men inside of their hellhole prisons. Brazil clean up your economic act because America and Europe are at the top of the Muslim hit list and if you do not want to get caught up in the hellfire stay home and get your financial houses in order and stop being a butt kissing lackey to America and Europe. - Guest Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:19:06 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6393 This guy could have been anyone from anywhere. He did something that at other times would have been ignored, but in the supercharged atmosphere of fear and paranoia brought about by a brutal terrorist bombing, cost him his life. Pray to god that there isn\'t a worse attack ( there almost certainly will be ), in the future. When your dealing with sucidal maniacs you have no safety, and no peace of mind. These people and those who support them have to be shut down permanently, there is no higher priority at this point in time. - Guest Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:47:40 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6379 Master keol, na verdade, eu quero lamber seus ovos com a minha lingua se voce quiser! Mas eu preferir a lingua suja do mundo, Ingles, a unica que sei falar! You can whip your Master shift on my girlfriend, who is here licking my boyfriend’s balls right now…I am truly a pink butterfly slut! - Guest Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:23:41 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6369 The article above is totally one-sided, what I find amazing is that the brazilian people actually believe it. Jean Charles wasnt targetted for assasination, he was ordered by the police to stop at which point he ran away, jumping a turnstile and tried to get on the train, the police assumed he was a suicide bomber and shot him. Claims by some of the brazialians (christopher from bondi) that he was \'running for a train\' are stupid, he was running from the police, for whatever reason that may be, but he ran. This wasnt a targetted execution, the police did not want to \'send a message\' they thought he was a suicide bomber. - Guest Sat, 30 Jul 2005 05:29:37 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6358 I and a number of my compatriates feel compasion and sorrow for the family of Jean Charles de Mendez. Nobody should die to justify hysteria. I wish that Police in London, supposedly good in action, had used a stun gun on Jean Charles if they wanted to subdue him, as they did on others they have arreatred in the last week, 8instead of killing a person running for a train. we love all people Christopher xxx - Guest Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:00:21 +0100 http://www.brazzil.com/2005-mainmenu-79/154-july-2005/9347.html#comment-6350 When you venture into urban public spaces, you take your life into your hands. The days of carefree enjoyment, are over. And a sad new reality is they won\'t be back for a long time if ever. That\'s what we have lost, and it\'s a ***damn shame. - Guest Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:10:45 +0100