The Old Bill loses one

The Metropolitan Police have found guilty of endangering the public* in the shooting death of the (completely innocent) Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes. The force has been fined £175,000 and will also have to pay another £385,000 in costs. Mr. de Menezes was shot five times in the head with hollow point ammunition which are generally illegal.

*Technically this is a (very extreme) violation of health and safety law.

OK. Who authorised the Met to buy a copy of Photoshop?

Did the Metropolitan Police manipulate a composite photograph of Jean Charles De Menezes, later "mistakenly" shot and killed by police, and a terrorist so that the two would look more alike?

I'm suspicious of the allegation as I doubt the police are that technically proficient.

Considering a career in crime?

If the British government is to be believed, and that is always a concern, then you could certainly do worse than to consider starting your career in Bedfordshire, home of Britain's worst police force.

I've gotta go. I'm off to Leighton Buzzard, aren't I?

Be very afraid

Ronald Thwaites QC, who is defending the Metropolitan Police at the Old Bailey against charges of health and safety violations in the death of Jean Charles de Menezes who was shot, whilst unarmed and unwarned, by the police in 2005 has told the court that finding against the Old Bill will hamper the police and possibly prevent them from shooting unarmed, innocent civilians in the future.

Clearly they should just dismiss the charges now without further discussion.