source: Hull Daily Mail
published: 3 March 2019
Two weeks ago a poignant mural appeared with a young child clutching flower and staring at a picture of a man with a magpie perched on top.
The name Christopher Alder is known throughout Hull but the full story of his controversial death and the battles his family have fought since are truly shocking.
A moving drawing appeared on wooden boards in Finkle Street with the words “justice for Christopher Alder” etched above.
source: The Guardian
published: 8 October 2018
The Metropolitan police’s use of force has risen sharply in the last year, with black people far more likely to be subjected to such tactics than anyone else, the Guardian can reveal.
The UK’s largest police force deployed methods ranging from handcuffing to use of stun guns, CS spray, batons and guns 41,329 times in April to August of this year – 270 times a day on average – according to Guardian analysis of official figures. That compares with 23,118 in the corresponding period last year – a 79% rise – and 62,153 in the whole of 2017-18.
On 39% of occasions in which force was used by Met officers in the first five months of the financial year, it was used on black people, who constitute approximately 13% of London’s population.
Charities and MPs have raised alarm about officers increasingly resorting to such tactics and black people so often being on the receiving end.
source: Express & Star
originally published: 23 May 2018
The son of a woman knocked down and killed by a police car is stepping up his fight for a public inquiry.
Raj Mahay [has launched] a petition [in June] for a review into the death of his mother Kishni Mahay.
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The 64-year-old was hit by a police car on Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, on March 14, 1989. The vehicle was responding to an emergency call. The death was ruled accidental and an investigation by police said Mrs Mahay had run out into the road.
