[Luke]

And to top that off we learn in an article entitled:

UK Police: Man Killed Unrelated to Probe By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer

The man, whose identity has not been released, was shot Friday at a subway station in the south London neighborhood of Stockwell. Witnesses said the man appeared to be South Asian and was wearing a heavy padded coat when police chased him into a subway car, pinned him to the ground and shot him in the head and torso.

Point blank range... can't miss... not even good target practice. People who live in fear can not be trusted to protect the freedom of others.

[Christopher Lincoln]

His identity has now been released. His name is Jean Charles de Menezes. Reversing previous statements, the police now say that he has no known connection to the bombings. It is also reported that he spoke English well, and that he had been legally living and working in England for three years.

It has not been explained why the police were following him at all; very likely they mistook him for somebody else. Under the circumstances it was not smart to run from the police, and it was especially not smart to run into a subway station. But people do dumb things.