13 March 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Florida family seeks justice after unarmed teen shot by Neighborhood Watch Captain

originally by: ABC News
published: 9th March 2012

The family of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is demanding answers after police have yet to release 911 tapes or make an arrest nearly one month after the unarmed African-American teenager was shot and killed by a white neighborhood watch captain in a gated Florida community.

Trayvon Martin was visiting his father, Tracy, who lives in a gated community in the Orlando suburb of Sanford, during NBA All Star Weekend. On Feb. 26, Martin went out to buy snacks during the game and was on his way back from a local convenience store, carrying only Skittles and an iced tea, when he was spotted by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman, a 26-year-old captain of the neighborhood watch, called the police to report a suspicious person in the area.

22 February 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Feeling passionately about custody deaths

provided by: Tippa Naphtali
first published: 1st November 2008

Hundreds of people have died in custody in Britain over the last 30+ years. A disproportionate number of these were African-Caribbean men. Between 1969 and 1999 over one thousand people died in police custody alone, not counting deaths in prison and psychiatric institutions. No one has ever been convicted for any of these deaths.

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18 February 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Young footballer died from misadventure, jury rules

originally by: BBC News
published: 20th February 2012

An inquest jury has returned a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of a young footballer who died when a bag of cocaine split inside his body. Former Nottingham Forest academy player Reece Staples, 19, died after being arrested [by police] in June 2009.

The jury heard he had swallowed 19 packets of cocaine to smuggle them into the UK after returning from a holiday in Costa Rica. His father said he hoped others would be deterred from trying the same thing.

The inquest, at Nottingham’s Council House, heard Mr Staples had been arrested for criminal damage at his aunt and uncle’s house in the Old Basford area of Nottingham two days after arriving back in the UK.