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Powell Family: Complaints against police & Telegraph

from a Press Release by: INQUEST
published: 15th December 2010

Claris Powell, mother of Mikey Powell, has made a police complaint that the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police has misled the Police Authority in his report on the inquest into the death of Mikey Powell and failed to take any action as a result of the verdict.

Mikey Powell was handcuffed by police and put on the floor of a police van which drove to Thornhill Road Police Station in Birmingham in September 2003.

The jury found in December 2009 that Mikey Powell died of positional asphyxia in the back of a police van and that he was lying on his front on arrival at the police station, contrary to the van officers’ evidence at the inquest.

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Inquest into death of Habib Ullah abandoned

all credits: Bucks Free Press
published: 14th December 2010

The inquest into the death of Habib Ullah has been abandoned midway through – after it emerged a solicitor had advised police officers to alter their statements the day after the incident.

Evidence given by witnesses during the eight-day proceedings has prompted the Independent Police Complaints Commission to reopen an investigation.

The proceedings in Iver were halted yesterday afternoon. The investigation will now conclude before the inquest can be heard with a new jury.

Mr Ullah, 39, died on July 3, 2008 after being restrained by officers in High Wycombe who were trying to force a package of drugs out of his mouth. The father-of-three suffered a cardiac arrest.

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Oscar Grant shooting: officer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

all credits: The Guardian
9th July 2010

A white police officer who shot dead a black man in a controversial case in Oakland, California, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The family of Oscar Grant, the victim, expressed their disappointment with the outcome. They had been hoping for a murder verdict.

Grant, 22, was shot in the back by policeman Johannes Mehserle, 28, while lying on the platform in a railway station on 1 January 2009. Mehserle claimed he had thought he had his Taser in his hand rather than his gun.

The shooting, which was shown on YouTube, led to a riot in Oakland, and there were fears of further trouble if Mehserle had been found not guilty. Police were yesterday deployed in riot gear in case of any outbreaks of violence.