People shot dead by law enforcement officers in the United Kingdom: People killed by security forces during The Troubles (Northern Ireland), Death of Jean Charles de Menezes, Mairéad Farrell, Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland, Antoine Mac Giolla Bh

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Chapters: People killed by security forces during The Troubles (Northern Ireland), Death of Jean Charles de Menezes, Mairéad Farrell, Shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland, Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde, Joe McCann, Séamus McElwaine, Joseph MacManus, William Fleming, Harry Stanley, McMahon murders, Reavey and O'Dowd killings, Martin McCaughey, Arnon Street killings, Diarmuid O'Neill, Aidan McAnespie, Percy Toplis, Dessie Grew, Pádraig McKearney, Azelle Rodney, Jim Lynagh, Charles Breslin, Daniel McCann, Patrick Joseph Kelly, Seán Savage, Billy Reid, Kevin Coen, James Ashley, Gerald Donaghy, Fergal Caraher, McCann v. United Kingdom, Michael McVerry, Sean McIlvenna, Seamus Grew. Excerpt: Jean Charles de Menezes (pronounced in Brazilian Portuguese; 7 January 1978 ¿ 22 July 2005) was a Brazilian man shot in the head seven times at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts. These events took place two weeks after the London bombings of 7 July 2005, in which 56 people died. The shooting became particularly controversial because contemporaneous and later police and media accounts contradicted each other, specifically regarding Menezes's manner and clothing as he entered the station, and whether there had been any police warnings before the firing. The death sparked an intense public debate over an apparent change in police policy, in which a shoot to kill practice known as Operation Kratos had been introduced to deal with terrorist threats. Because of the controversy the codename "Operation Kratos" was dropped in 2007. On the day of the shooting, the police were hunting four men believed to be involved in the failed bombing attempts the day before. Intelligence had linked the men to a block of flats in Tulse Hill, south London, the same building in which Menezes was living. Police put the communal entrance under surveillance, and on the morning of the shooting, saw Menezes leave the building. Plain clothes officers, armed with pistols, followed him as he took a bus to Brixton tube station, before boarding another to Stockwell tube station because the tube station at Brixton was closed. Specialist firearms officers were called to Stockwell. Just after Menezes entered a train, several officers wrestled him to the ground and fired no fewer than seven bullets into his head at point blank range. The train was still at the platform with its doors open, having just been evacuated by officers. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched two investigations, Stockwell 1 and Stockwell 2. Stockwell 1, th