Author: 4WardEver UK

4WardEver UK

Reminder: INJUSTICE screening – National Memorial Family Fund fundraiser

INJUSTICE – by Migrant Mediaprovided by: IWOC
published: November 2018

Come and join IWOC London and friends on Monday 17 December for a screening of INJUSTICE – Ken Fero’s award winning documentary about the struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody.

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“The event is free, but we will be collecting donations for the National Family Memorial Fund, coordinated by 4WardEverUK.”

The fund will make small grants available for families and their campaign groups across the UK to provide practical domestic assistance, to further the work of their own campaigns or to assist them in engaging in other local, regional or national campaigns, events and initiatives.

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Anthony Grainger shooting : No charges for retired police chief

Anthony Grainger
Anthony Grainger

source: BBC News
published: 28 November 2018

A retired senior policeman will not face criminal charges over his evidence to an inquiry into the shooting of an unarmed man. Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to charge former Assistant Chief Constable Steven Heywood with perverting the course of justice and misconduct in public office.

He will face a gross misconduct hearing held by Greater Manchester Police. Mr Heywood authorised the operation in which Anthony Grainger died in 2012.

Mr Grainger, 36, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, was shot by a firearms officer through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth, Cheshire, on 3 March 2012. Police believed he was planning an armed robbery.

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National Memorial Family Fund website to be launched in 2019

National Memorial Family Fund
National Memorial Family Fund

source: 4WardEverUK
published: 26 November 2018

Campaigning news collective, 4WardEverUK, is to launch a new website in 2019 to raise both awareness and funds for an initiative inspired by Mikey Powell, who died in police custody on 7th September 2003.

Mikey’s cousin, Tippa Naphtali said; “This fund has the potential to make a real difference for families and their campaign groups that need financial support during the often long and drawn out struggles for justice that can last for decades.

“The needs of affected families and children often get lost in the equally important work of campaigning and lobbying of state institutions. We want to change that with a permanent national fund set up specifically for their needs.“

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