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| IPCC sticks to Menezes decision | IPCC sticks to Menezes decision |
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| Officials have said they are standing by their original decision not to recommend disciplining the officers who fatally shot 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". | 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. | 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." | "The family are not surprised but crushed that the IPCC have ignored the narrative verdict the jury gave at Jean Charles' inquest." |
| 'Family crushed' | |
| 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." | 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 on 22 June, 2005 at Stockwell Tube station by Scotland Yard firearms officers who mistook him for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman. | |
| His death triggered a number of inquiries that scrutinised police tactics, supervision and individual decisions. | |
| The jury at the three-month, multimillion-pound inquest, which ended in December, rejected the police account of the shooting and returned an open verdict. | |
| Among those who have been considered for disciplinary action are the two marksmen who pulled the trigger and senior officers behind the operation. | |
| They include Cressida Dick, now an assistant commissioner and Scotland Yard's most senior woman officer. | |
| The most obvious shortcomings highlighted at the inquest were the failure to correctly identify Mr de Menezes, ineffective communication and poor tactical decisions. | |
| Officers who ran on to the Tube were also accused of falsely claiming to have yelled "armed police". | |
| The de Menezes family has tried to pursue perjury charges against those officers and have also campaigned for a permanent memorial at the station. | |
| An agreement is expected later this year between the family and police over compensation. |