22 August 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Death of Chavis Carter ruled a suicide

originally by: theGrio
published: 20 August 2012

An autopsy report released Monday lists the death of a man shot in the head while his hands were cuffed behind him in an Arkansas patrol car as a suicide.

The state crime lab report, signed by three medical examiners, said the muzzle of a gun was placed against the right side of 21-year-old Chavis Carter’s head when it was fired. Jonesboro police released the report to The Associated Press and other news organizations under a Freedom of Information Act request.

The report said the manner of death was ruled a suicide based on autopsy findings and investigative conclusions from the Jonesboro police department.

7 May 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Met police’s race problems continue, say Kester David’s family

originally by: The Guardian
published: 23 April 2012

The family of a black man found burned to death have condemned police chiefs for failing to start disciplinary action against officers blamed by an internal report for a “catalogue of errors”, which amount to “a failing in duty”. A Metropolitan police investigation recorded the death of Kester David as suicide after his burned body was found in railway arches in north London in July 2010. His family believe it was murder and that police gave them second-class treatment because they are black.

An internal police report found a string of errors in the investigation, some of which mean potentially vital evidence has been lost, the Guardian has learned.

9 April 201217 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Metropolitan police ‘buried’ report in 2004 warning of race scandal

originally by: The Guardian
published: 6th April 2012

A secret Metropolitan police report warned police chiefs that they needed to take tougher action to stop officers discriminating against black people, and that a failure to do so would threaten a breakdown in community confidence.

The report, obtained by the Guardian, warned top officers that innocent African-Caribbean people were being stopped too often by officers, who wrongly “racially stereotyped” them as criminals.

The report was by Brian Paddick, the Liberal Democrat candidate for London mayor, who was then a Met commander. He says his bosses ignored the warnings made in 2004 and buried the report.