Yearly Archives: 2010
Complaints against police & The Telegraph
from a Press Release by: INQUEST
15th December 2010
Claris Powell, mother of Mikey Powell, has made a police complaint that the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police has misled the Police Authority in his report on the inquest into the death of Mikey Powell and failed to take any action as a result of the verdict. Mikey Powell was handcuffed by police and put on the floor of a police van which drove to Thornhill Road Police Station in Birmingham in September 2003.
The jury found in December 2009 that Mikey Powell died of positional asphyxia in the back of a police van and that he was lying on his front on arrival at the police station, contrary to the van officers’ evidence at the inquest.
Call for justice for Jimmy Mubenga
originally publshed by: IRR
November 2010
On 12 November 2010, over 150 people marched from the Angolan Embassy to the Home Office in protest at the death of Jimmy Mubenga during a deportation.
Campaigners from the Angolan community first delivered a letter to the Angolan Embassy to call on the authorities to intervene. The march, led by the family and friends of Jimmy Mubenga, then marched to the Home Office.
IPCC publish deaths in police custody study
all credits: Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody
December 2010
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) have published a major study of 333 deaths in police custody between 1998/99 and 2008/09.
The study shows a fall in the number of deaths over an 11 year period and makes a series of recommendations for police forces and health service providers to prevent future tragedies.
In the first year of the study (1998/99) 49 people died in police custody in England and Wales, but by the last year (2008/09) this had fallen to 15.
12th annual protest against custody deaths
originally published by: Graham Mitchell
30th October 2010
The United Family and Friends Campaign (UFFC) staged a protest march from Trafalgar Square to Downing St today. They are brought together by a common bond of allegedly having had a friend or family member die in police custody.
The event was held in London, UK on 30th October 2010.
UFFC is a group who have been brought together by a common bond… They have all lost a friend or family member due to what they claim, was mistreatment by the police whilst in custody.
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