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# De Menezes developments
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/de-menezes-developments/
- Published: 2008-10-24T14:10:19.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:42:01.000Z
- Author: Tom Griffin
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49

**Tom Griffin (London,** [**OK**](https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom)**):** The inquest into the death of Jean Charles De Menezes [heard for the first time today](http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5giNCnneZ5TygAZxEU7DjI7dlqZAw?ref=opendemocracy.net) from one of the firearms officers who carried out the shooting.

*C12 recalled that the innocent Brazilian got up and walked towards him - and kept moving even after he shouted "armed police" and pointed his gun at him.* 
  
*He said: "He continued on his forward momentum towards me.* 
  
*"It was at that stage that I just formed the opinion that he's going to detonate, he's going to kill us and I have to act now in order to stop this from happening."*

The hearing came as the [De Menezes family](http://inquest.justice4jean.org/2008/10/menezes-family-attending-remembrance.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) prepare to take part in tomorrow's annual [United Friends and Family Campaign procession](http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36651826065) from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street.