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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Alibis

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British police shot and killed Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005 after mistaking him for a terrorist. Now, the Metropolitan Police department is on trial for endangering the public during the shooting, and prosecutors have charged that a photo of Menezes offered by the police has been doctored to increase his resemblance to Hussain Osman, the man they mistook him for.