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Blair Peach killed by police at 1979 protest, Met report finds

originally published by: The Guardian
27th April 2010

New Zealand-born Blair Peach died after a blow to the head during a demonstration in Southall, London, against the National Front in April 1979. The anti-fascist protester Blair Peach was almost certainly killed by police at a demonstration in 1979, according to a secret report released today.

Documents published on the Metropolitan police’s website shed new light on the death of Peach, a 33-year-old teacher from New Zealand, whose death marked one of the most controversial events in modern policing history. A campaigner against the far right, Peach died from a blow to the head during a demonstration against the National Front in Southall, west London.

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28 April 201015 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Ian Bush’s mom drops suit against RCMP over in-custody death of her son

originally published by: The Vancouver Sun
21st April 2010

Linda Bush, the mother of a 22-year-old millworker shot in the back of the head by an RCMP officer, said she is abandoning her lawsuit against the force and her nearly five-year-old fight for justice.

At a joint media conference with the force Wednesday in Vancouver, she said the decision was motivated by changes the force had made to its handling of in-custody deaths and the reforms under consideration.

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Nigeria police found guilty in Borno sect clashes case

published by: BBC News
14th April 2010

The family of a man who died in police custody in Nigeria during an Islamist uprising last year has welcomed a court ruling against the police.

The court in Borno State said Baba Fugu Mohommed’s killing was “brutal” and compared it to the Spanish Inquisition. The judge said he had been killed simply because he was the father-in-law of Mohammed Yusuf, the leader the Boko Haram sect behind the violence.