Honey, I'm home! - and MUCH outrage.

Oh, it feels good. Things I can play with, tags I understand... You never forget your first love.

BUT! All that is by the by, as anyone who's been watching the news lately will tell you. I'm talking Jean Charles de Menezes, people! Has there ever been something so fucking scandalous?

I was outraged when they told me he'd been accosted while trying to run away and shot five times in the body and the head. He was wearing a big coat, they said. He was acting suspiciously, they said. It seemed a tad excessive at that, but thanks to a leak from the IPCC we know differently. Here are a few highlights:

"After the shooting police claimed that he was running, though several witnesses have given conflicting evidence that he was not running." - Everyone runs in the London underground and nobody notices anyone else. People are treated as obstacles, not things to be observed.

"Police also claimed that Menezes jumped over the barriers, but witnesses and computer data confirm that Menezes lawfully used his ticket and walked through the turnstiles." - He, in fact, strolled through, pausing to pick up a free newspaper on the way. Presumably the officers 'in pursuit' figured he wanted something to read while he waited for the fuse to burn down.

"Menezes was shot seven times in the head and once in the shoulder at point blank range. Two officers fired the fatal shots. He died at the scene." - Now, I'm not a ballistics expert, but I would think once would be enough. People have said to me, 'oh, the cops were under pressure, lost their heads, understandable under circumstances, blahblahblah...' BUT! Surely these people are trained NOT to lose their heads. I mean, if you put a gun in someone's hand and tell them to go forth and protect the public, you should not be the kind of person who freaks out on a train and unloads into someone's head. Oh, and they may have been special forces, which only makes it worse. Do you feel safe?

I could go on putting this stuff up, but it's all HERE and you should check it out.

But get this guy: 'Mark Whitby, a witness to the shooting, told Reuters that he observed Menezes wearing a large winter coat, which "looked out of place".'

Is he a cop or what? Covering asses... Because, unless this man was completely blind he would have seen what the police told Menezes' cousin: 'Vivien Figueiredo claimed that she had been told by police that Menezes was wearing a denim jacket on the day of the shooting.'

And here's another fucker: 'Anthony Larkin, another eyewitness, told the BBC that Menezes appeared to be wearing a "bomb belt with wires coming out."' - Who the fuck is Anthony Larkin and what the fuck would he know about what a 'bomb belt' looks like? Apart from anything else, Jean Charles was an electrician, are we going to start shooting everone carrying wires? Who'll fix the telly then? Deosn't matter anyway, the man was lying: 'No device resembling a bomb belt was reported as found. Menezes was also not carrying a tool bag, since he had left it with his work colleague the previous evening.'

And the truth of the matter is: 'The most recent information, a release of leaked IPCC documents, by ITN, says Menezes was wearing a pair of jeans and a light denim jacket - facts confirmed by the CCTV footage of his body on the floor of the train after the shooting.'

Are people in London blind? 'Eyewitnesses claim that up to twenty police officers in plain clothes pursued Menezes into Stockwell station, and that he jumped over the ticket barrier, ran down an escalator and tried to jump onto a train.'

When in fact: 'Menezes passed through the barrier normally using his pre-paid oyster card.'

And,

'the man reported by eyewitnesses as jumping over the turnstile may actually have been one of the plain clothed pursuing officers.'

Why did nobody shoot him?

Here's a nice one, from point blank range remember, 'there were up to eleven shots fired at Menezes, three of which missed.' No wonder they had to fire so many times, the fuckers are all blind! What are they employing these days? Myopic monkeys?

Anyway, I'm done now. Thanks to Wikipedia for having all the stuff ready for me to splat down here.

On that note, adieu. I'll be back tomorrow with something more cheery, I hope.