I've made my views on the Jean Charles de Menezes execution well known on previous posts. It's an outrage that no one has been prosecuted for it. There, never thought I'd say that, did you?
However, and I refuse to take your bait about the miner's strike, as I've already said, I was there and know what happened - were you? Or is it trial by telly again in the kangaroo court? Of course it is.
The vast majority of Police have no more than body armour, a helmet, an ASP, and some CS gas to defend themselves with - the minority only have firearms - fact.