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IPCC sticks to Menezes decision IPCC sticks to Menezes decision
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Officials have said they are sticking to their original decision not to recommend disciplining the officers who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes.Officials have said they are sticking to their original decision not to recommend disciplining the officers who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had reviewed its earlier findings after requests from the 27-year-old Brazilian's family.The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had reviewed its earlier findings after requests from the 27-year-old Brazilian's family.
The review followed the recording of an open verdict at last year's inquest into the 2005 shooting in south London.The review followed the recording of an open verdict at last year's inquest into the 2005 shooting in south London.
Police had mistaken the electrician for a suicide bomber.Police had mistaken the electrician for a suicide bomber.
Reacting to the decision, a spokeswoman for the Justice4Jean campaign said it made a "mockery of the inquest's findings".
She said: "Today's decision by the IPCC... gives a green light to police officers to act with impunity.
"The family are not surprised but crushed that the IPCC have ignored the narrative verdict the jury gave at Jean Charles' inquest."
An IPCC spokesman said: "In making this decision, the IPCC has carefully considered the family's representations, the evidence identified by its own investigation and all subsequent legal proceedings."
Mr de Menezes was shot dead on 22 June, 2005 by Scotland Yard firearms officers who mistook him for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman.