DEATHS IN CUSTODY: A March for Justice, Oct 2022

“The disproportionality in the use of force against Black people adds to the irrefutable evidence of structural racism embedded in policing practices. ” (Deborah Coles, Director of INQUEST)

United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) held their 24^th annual procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street.

UFFC is a coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody. Initially established in1997 as a network of black families, in recent years the group has expanded to include families and friends of all those killed in custody.

On Saturday 29^th October, relatives delivered a letter to Rishi Sunak calling for a meeting to discuss their concerns about the recurring issues in state-related deaths and demanding changes to the judicial process. Asking for: “truth, justice, accountability, change and an end to state killings”

Chris Kaba’s father Prosper and his mother Helen Nkama

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Marcia Rigg, sister of Sean Rigg, embraces Carole Duggan, aunt of Mark Duggan

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right: Chris Kaba’s cousin Jefferson Bosela

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Marvina Newton (r), founder of United for Black Lives .

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right: Chris Kaba’s cousin Jefferson Bosela

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CHRIS KABA, Killed by police

The fatal shooting by a policeman of a 24 year old unarmed man, has reignited anger among the black community about institutional racism in the police.

On Monday 5^th September (2022) Chris Kaba was being followed by a police car without lights or sirens. Two police cars then collided into Chris’s car on a residential street in South London. He was killed by a single shot to the head fired through the windscreen by an officer.

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According to the most recent statistics: Of the 1,239 people who died in police shootings or after custody, some 205 (16.5%) were people from the Black and Ethnic Minority community.

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