https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/a-failure-for-all-those-affected-by-police-violence

CAMPAIGNERS were left outraged today after the police marksman who shot and killed Chris Kaba was cleared of his murder.

Martyn Blake, 40, had been on trial at the Old Bailey in London since October 2 after shooting the 24-year-old black man through the front windscreen of his car in Streatham in 2022.

The jury deliberated for about three hours today to clear Mr Blake as the family of Mr Kaba listened to the verdict in silence.

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Campaign group Save Our Citizenship called the verdict “another prime example of the extent of how deep-rooted racism manifests within the British injustice system.”

And the Women’s Equality Party said it is “both terrifying and outrageous to hear politicians say the police should be scrutinised less after they kill unarmed members of the public.”

Since 1990 there have been 1,904 deaths recorded by campaign group Inquest in or following police custody or contact.

In that time only one officer has been found guilty of manslaughter, in 2021, and none for murder.

In the 34 years, a total of 83 people were fatally shot by police in England and Wales.

Only three murder or manslaughter prosecutions were made, none with a guilty verdict.

Full article at https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/a-failure-for-all-those-affected-by-police-violence

Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner will be pleased that an innocent, unarmed man has been killed by police. That’s what she was calling for unless there’s a hidden meaning to her statements. [ed: That’s what she was calling for even if there is a hidden meaning to her statements.]

It’s disappointing that mainline media is promoting the idea that the killed man was a dangerous gunman. He was unarmed and trying to escape before he was killed by armed police.