Lost in Translation
Yesterday, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick gave evidence at the inquest and made a number of statements that Jean's family feel are shocking.We have therefore tried to translate her comments into plain English, so no-one can be confused about the full meaning of her statements.
"One thing that clearly went wrong was that we didn't manage as a nation to prevent those attacks."
The failure to prevent the 7/7 bomb attacks was a failure of the British public as much as the security services' intelligence, so everyone stands responsible for the loss of Jean's life.
"He was extremely unfortunate to live in the same block as Hussain Osman, desperately unfortunate to look very like Hussain Osman, and the things he did in all innocence, the way he behaved getting on and off the bus, contributed to our assessment - my assessment - of him as a bomber."
Jean lived in the same block of flats as a suspected suicide bomber, Hussain Osman. If you also happen to be a non-white male of similar age to a terror suspect, we will interpret anything you do as suspicious and we could shoot you.
"But if you are asking me did we do anything wrong or unreasonable, then I don't think we did."
It is perfectly reasonable to shoot an innocent member of the public who looks vaguely like our suspect and lives in the same block of flats as they do.
Labels: Evidence
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on Wednesday, 8 October 2008 at 16:36.
