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9th Memorial for Mikey Powell

campaign-main-imageThe Powell family have announced a candlelight vigil to be held for Mikey, killed in police custody in 2003. The vigil will be taking place in Birmingham, West Midlands.

Mikey died after police knocked him down with a patrol car, discharged more than four times the recommended amount of CS spray on both Mikey and his friend, and hit him with a police baton. Up to eight officers held him down on the ground for at least 16 minutes and then took him to a police station and not a hospital.

Mikey : RIP – In 2009 an inquest jury ruled that Mikey was killed by police officers

Candlelit Vigil:

9th September 2012
7.00pm – 8.00pm
Thornhill Road Police Station
Thornhill Road, Handsworth
Birmingham, B20
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Tippa Naphtali

Fathers Day vigils make a mark

Birmingham Fathers Day Vigil 2012On 17th June 2012 people gathered at peaceful vigils to remember fathers that have died in police, prison, mental health and immigration detention.

These nationally organised peaceful vigils took place simultaneously in Manchester, Birmingham, Central London, Brixton, Tottenham, Sheffield, Slough, High Wycombe and a number of other locations.

Tippa Naphtali, Mikey Powell Campaign & 4WardEver UK said; “These deaths have just got to stop. Family campaigners need to take matters into our hands in a manner more unprecedented than anything seen before. We need to adopt intelligent and collaborative responses, working with a single vision and strategy”.

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Custody death: Misconduct hearing call

Lloyd ButlerRelatives of a man who died in custody have called for the officer who dealt with him to face misconduct charges. Lloyd Butler, 39, from Birmingham, died after being arrested when his family called police because he was drunk.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigated his death, in 2010, but have not made their report public.

Law firm Irwin Mitchell backed Mr Butler’s family, saying the IPCC report shows he was given “unacceptable” care.

Mr Butler died within hours of being put in a cell in Stechford police station, at 1215 BST on 4 August. Officers checked on him at 1515 BST and then started first aid. He was taken to hospital but declared dead. Police referred the death at Stechford police station to the IPCC, who began investigating on 5 August.

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