Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry

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Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry

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Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry

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Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry

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Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry

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Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry

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“Families want the truth about what's happened and they want people held to account. But most of all they want it to stop happening to somebody else. And one of the things that I don't think is understood is the added trauma for families who've
“Over the years it has become clear to the Bayoh family that the police, the PIRC and the Crown office has operated an unholy trinity of dishonesty and racism and incompetence betraying the word justice.” Aamer Anwar, Bayoh family lawyerOn 1 Ap
“Over the years it has become clear to the Bayoh family that the police, the PIRC and the Crown office has operated an unholy trinity of dishonesty and racism and incompetence betraying the word justice.” Aamer Anwar, Bayoh family lawyerOn 1 Ap
"At the moment we are searching for truth, but ultimately the family want justice." Aamer Anwar, Bayoh family lawyerOn the first day of each new hearing in the Sheku Bayoh public inquiry there is now a ritual. Campaigners in support of the Bayo
"The heart can carry on beating almost to the bitter end." Professor Sebastian Lucas, expert witnessPhysiologically speaking, the human heart is the body’s engine room, pumping blood and oxygen around the body. It contracts with a regular rhyth
"Something's gone wrong during that apprehension of Sheku which has led to his death, so the police are going to be scrutinised for  it, and rightly so. So transparency is massive, we have to be seen to be transparent and not hide anything, [be
"I remember asking them because I remember wanting to know what had happened. I mean, he’s not just dropped down dead. And they just said that a passer-by had found him dead on the street." Collette Bell, Sheku's partner It’s now eight years si
I said his name and I said: "how can I help you?" and at the same time I touched the silent alarm on the wall. I knew then other officers would be coming and that they would pass over the air that the alarm had been sounded in the custody unit.
Racism in the police is not a far away issue belonging to the US. It has a long history here in the UK.  In 1981 the Brixton riots were a response to disproportionate and violent policing of Afro-Caribbean communities, and the increased use of
In the early hours of Sunday, 3 May 2015, Police Scotland officers were called to Kirkcaldy in Fife after local man, Sheku Bayoh, had been seen walking down the street with a kitchen knife. It was after being restrained by up to six officers th
Early on Sunday,  3 May 2015 Police Scotland’s control room starts to receive calls about a black man with a knife. Police arrive at the scene and within minutes Sheku Bayoh is down on the ground. After being restrained by up to six officers, h
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