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Mark Duggan’s brother Shaun Hall calls for justice over ‘assassination’

originally by: Haringey Independent
published: 5th October 2011

The brother of Mark Duggan – the Tottenham man shot dead by police in August – has made an emotional appeal for “justice”.

Launching the Tottenham Defence Campaign today with three other families who have lost relatives in police incidents, Shaun Hall described the death of his brother in Ferry Lane on August 4 as “an assassination”.

He said: “What had my brother done so wrong? He had no criminal record and was not wanted by the police for anything as far as we know, so why did it happen?

“We’re told the police officer was scared – what was he scared of? Was he adequately trained? Why didn’t the local Tottenham police intervene?

10 September 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

IPCC takes over Powell family van complaint investigation

all credits: Mikey Powell Campaign
published: 9th September 2011

IPCC to take over investigation into complaint against van officers

The IPPC are to independently investigate a complaint by Claris Powell, made following the jury’s verdict at the Inquest into the death of her son, Mikey, in a police van on the way to a police station. The IPCC made this decision on 27 May 2011, after Claris Powell threatened to judicially review their decision to allow West Midlands Police themselves to investigate the complaint against their own officers.

An Inquest jury found on December 18 2009 that Mikey had died in the back of a police van of positional asphyxia.

10 September 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Mark Duggan family accuse police of operating a ‘shoot to kill’ policy

originally by: The Guardian
published: 10th September 2011

The family of Mark Duggan, the Tottenham man whose death in a police shooting last month sparked five days of widespread riot and disorder, believe officers were operating a “shoot to kill” policy.

Duggan’s brother, Shaun Hall, 42, said ahead of Duggan’s funeral on Friday: “The police were clearly operating a shoot to kill policy that day. They are supposed to disable, not kill, suspects. If they hadn’t shot and killed Mark there would have been no riots.”

The family, in exclusive interviews with the Guardian, said they had been told that the bullet fired at Duggan’s chest after officers intercepted the taxi he was travelling in, would have killed him in seven to 12 seconds, giving him no prospect of surviving.