Daily Archives: December 17, 2011
Rev Jackson calls for public inquiry
Veteran US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson joined with campaigners in London today (Thursday) to throw his weight behind calls for a public inquiry into deaths in police custody.
Jesse Jackson spoke alongside families of some of those who have died in police custody.
He noted that 338 people have died in such circumstances since 1998, yet no police officer has been convicted for any of the deaths.
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“The police have permission to behave in this way,” he said. “They are protected by the state. The choice is whether we adjust to oppression, or resist and fight back.”
Government responds to UFFC demands
Excerpts from the full letter from Nick Herbert
(Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice):
7th December 2011
Thank you for your letter of 28 October to the Prime Minister about the United Family and Friends campaign: Deaths in state custody. I am replying as the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice. I am sorry for the delay.
I can assure you that the Government regrets every death in state custody. The lndependent Police Complaints commission (IPCC) is a Non-Departmental Public Body, established in 2004 under the Police Reform Act 2002 to provide a specific service to the public on behalf of the Home office.
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