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CBS News
16-05-2025
- CBS News
Boston school bus driver had expired certificate before crash that killed 5-year-old boy
The school bus driver involved in the crash that killed a 5-year-old boy in Boston last month has resigned. The city and Boston Public Schools said the driver, Jean Charles, had an expired school bus certificate at the time of the incident. On April 28, 5-year-old Lens Joseph was hit by the bus on Washington Street in Hyde Park. He was a kindergarten student at UP Academy in Dorchester. His uncle told WBZ-TV Lens was hit when he tried to cross the road after being dropped off by the school bus. Charles was employed by Transdev. Under its contract with Boston Public Schools, Transdev hires, trains and is responsible for ensuring drivers have the required training and certification, the city said. "The death of a child is a horrible tragedy that no family should have to endure," a Boston Public Schools spokesperson said. "In the hours immediately after the tragedy, BPS Transportation and Transdev worked with the law enforcement on scene and Transdev immediately placed the driver on leave." Driver resigns before hearing A due process hearing was scheduled on Wednesday, but Charles resigned just prior to the start of it, the city and BPS said. Transdev notified BPS that Charles had an expired school bus certificate after the crash. He had the necessary qualifications to renew it but did not. Charles had worked at Transdev since May 2023. An investigation into the crash is ongoing and is being led by the Suffolk County District Attorney's office and Boston police. The city and BPS said they have been working to support the Joseph family and the UP Academy Dorchester school community.
Metro
30-04-2025
- Metro
How innocent Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by police 20 years ago
On July 22, 20 years ago, electrician Jean Charles de Menezes left his home in Tulse Hill to fix a broken alarm. Stopping to pick up a copy of Metro, the Brazilian national descended the stairs of Stockwell Tube Station and boarded the next train. Unbeknownst to him, three officers – named only as Hotel 1, 2 and 3 – sat themselves around him. Moments later, he was shot seven times in the head by police, leaving his body 'unrecognisable'. His devastated mum Maria has been pushing for prosecutions ever since, saying her son was 'educated and civilised' and 'always respected law and order'. But what happened in those fatal few moments on the Tube, and why have the officers have not faced any disciplinary measures? They wrongly thought the Jean Charles was part of the previous day's failed second wave of bomb attacks three weeks after the 7/7 terror attacks. An address in Scotia Road, Tulse Hill, was written on a gym membership card found inside one of the bags where an undetonated bomb was hidden. Police carried out extensive surveillance in the area, where Jean Charles lived in one of those flats with his two cousins. As he left to respond to the faulty alarm, officers believed Jean Charles looked like the CCTV images of one of the bombing suspects Osman Hussain. Cressida Dick, who later became Metropolitan Police Commissioner, ordered Jean Charles be prevented from entering the London Underground. 22 July 2005 Jean Charles de Menezes shot dead by police at Stockwell Tube station 17 July 2006 CPS says no officers will be prosecuted, but Met Police will be tried for breaching health and safety laws 1 November 2007 Met Police found guilty of breaching health and safety laws and fined 22 October 2008 Inquest under way – coroner rules out unlawful killing verdict a month later 12 December 2008 Inquest jury returns open verdict 16 November 2009 Met Police settles damages claim with family 10 June 2015 De Menezes family take legal challenge to European Court of Human Rights 30 March 2016 Family lose challenge over decision not to charge any police officer over the shooting Officers followed him onto a bus and thought he was acting suspicious once he arrived at Brixton Station and found it was closed due to the previous day's bombings. Jean Charles boarded the bus again to Stockwell Station, went down to the platform and got on the train. Firearms officers boarded the train, with varying accounts of whether or not they spoke to the electrician or not. They had all sat around him, and when Jean Charles stood up, an officer codenamed Hotel 3 grabbed, pinned his arms against his torso and pushed him back into his seat. It is unclear what happens next. Two officers fired a total of 11 shots between them. Seven of them landed in Jean Charles's head and his body was left 'unreconisable'. Police said they had been told to fire directly at suspected suicide bomber's heads – which the Muslim Council of Britain described as a 'shoot-to-kill policy'. Later investigation found the event had the 'hallmarks of a special forces operation, rather than a police one'. No officers were prosecuted, but the Metropolitan Police force was fined for breaching health and safety laws. Jean Charles's family took the force to the European Court of Human Rights in 2016 over the decision to not charge any officers. But the family lost the challenge, with the force saying the circumstances around his death 'came at a time of unprecedented terrorist threat to London'. They have also been subject to numerous public inquiries, and two separate reports by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The Met said: 'No officer sets out on duty intent on ending a life. Our sole purpose is the complete opposite – the protection and preservation of life – and we have taken extensive action to address the causes of this tragedy.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Man's barefoot shows how filthy the London Underground is MORE: Porn star 'murdered couple, froze remains then took them to Clifton Suspension Bridge' MORE: Moment Sycamore Gap tree is 'felled by two friends' shown to court
Daily Mirror
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Jean Charles de Menezes actor speaks on role of a lifetime in new Disney+ drama
The young Brazilian actor making his TV debut playing Jean Charles de Menezes has spoken of the 'honour' he feels playing the part and also how he has spoken to his real life family for inspiration and guidance for the role. In the new Disney+ drama Edison Alcaide plays Jean Charles the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician living in London with his cousins in the summer of 2005. On July 22, a botched police surveillance officers believe he could be a failed suicide bomber from the day before. At Stockwell station firearms officers storm onto the carriage shot him in the head seven times at point-blank range. Edison, 36, said: 'To have this as my debut felt so much. The first thing I felt when I joined this project was honour. I felt it was such an honour to play this man and also to help bring light to what really happened and who he truly was as a person. I just felt really honoured by the responsibility of playing this character. I felt, and still do feel, really connected to Jean Charles. We have so much in common, not just that he was a Brazilian man living in London. I built this sort of connection with him while filming this project. I just feel so much love for this man and so much love for his family as well. 'So then I felt even more heartbroken; because the more I learned about him, the more I found out about him, I just kept thinking of the injustice. He was truly such a nice guy in the sense of how he cared for his family and his friends and the way he approached life.' Whilst in the UK Edison has met with Jean Charles' cousins who still live in London. 'I met them personally and it was a very intense and emotional conversation we had, but they were really open. I consider them fighters and resilient, the cousins were really helpful and the information I gathered about who this man was, I could never have found this information anywhere else. Having the conversation with the family was crucial I believe.' On the most difficult part of filming the project, Edison added: 'Shooting his death scene was very difficult. First of all, there were so many legal things to be respected, and they were extremely careful, thanks to all the research, to show exactly what had happened. That scene, that whole scene, was filmed meticulously — from the writing to production. It was very difficult. It was very emotional. It was a very heavy day on set for everyone. But, you know, we were just trying to do it as respectfully as we could. It was hard not to think about his family, which made it even more emotional. 'He had no idea he was being perceived as a suspect. So it truly is heartbreaking. People have to realise the importance of this story. I hope I can help set the record straight.' Edison is the first in his family to enter the acting profession, having been born to a Brazilian father and Spanish mother who raised him in Curitiba, South Brazil. He honed his craft at both Kingston College and the Identity School of Acting, having arrived in London aged just 18 years old. Edison speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Spanish.
