Day July 25, 2005

A Brazilian man mistakenly killed last week by London anti-terrorist police was shot eight times, Britain’s Independent Police Complaints Commission said Monday. Asked if his family was taking legal action, de Menezes’ cousin Alex Alves Pereira said the police had…

Innocent civilians, including people who are considered vital to building democracy, are increasingly being killed by U.S. troops.

A friend, Fausto Soares, told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper that Mr Menezes probably ran away from the plainclothes officers because he thought they were attackers. “He was assaulted by Englishmen (two weeks earlier) and because of that he may have…