The Independent Police Complaints Commission has cleared armed police officers of any wrongdoing over the killing of Mark Duggan over 3 years ago, following an inquest verdict of lawful killing a year ago. However the police officer who fired the fatal shots refused to be interviewed by the IPCC; why could he not be compelled […]
Posts Tagged ‘Mark Duggan’
How to put right the corruption, secrecy and non-accountability rampant in Britain
Mar 26th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.
Duggan decision is bad for everyone: new system needed to deal with police violence
Jan 10th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.This is a sad, bad day for British justice. It seems impossible to combine the view of 8 out of the 10 members of the jury in the Duggan inquest, on the one hand, that he did not have a gun in his hand when he was shot with the decision reached by 8 out […]
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Mark Duggan: now there’s no doubt the police are above the law
Jan 9th, 2014 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Trials or inquests by jury are the most democratic means of bringing a legal process to a conclusion. Recruited from the electoral roll, jurors provide an important corrective to magistrates and judges, who might be hardened by the number of cases that come before them and/or be out of touch with the pace of modern […]
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Rioting reflects long-held grievances of dispossessed black youths ignored
Aug 10th, 2011 by Michael Meacher.The rioting, destruction and violence cannot be excused, but it still needs to be explained. It was initially triggered by the police killing of Mark Duggan in Tottenham on Thursday night, though there are disputed accounts of the circumstances, and made worse by the delayed and inadequate response of the police to the family – […]
