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Leide Menezes, 17, mourns her cousin Jean Charles de Menezes during a demonstration in Gonzaga, Brazil, on Monday. Hundreds of residents of Gonzaga protested against the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes who was shot by British police in London on July 22 at the Stockwell subway station as police investigated the series of botched transit bombings a day earlier. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) GONZAGA, Brazil - Hundreds of relatives and friends of a Brazilian shot to death in London after being mistaken for a terrorist marched along the cobblestone streets of his hometown Monday, demanding the arrest of the British police who fired the fatal shots.
Some of the protesters held banners denouncing British police as the real terrorists; other placards were adorned with snapshots of Jean Charles de Menezes, urging British Prime Minister Tony Blair to send his body home so it can be buried.
All said Blair's apology did not go far enough.
''Apologies don't help, we want justice,'' they chanted, stopping briefly to offer a prayer for the 27-year-old electrician who left Brazil to work in Britain so he could return home with enough savings to start a ranch.
Menezes' killing has been the top story on radio and television broadcasts since Sunday, although there has been no large-scale public outcry.
