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National Fathers Day vigils make a mark of unity

Melika Queely - Birmingham Vigil 17 06 2012
Melika Queely – Birmingham Vigil

source: 4WardEverUK
Published: 22 June 2012

On 17th June 2012 people gathered at peaceful vigils to remember fathers that have died in police, prison, mental health and immigration detention.

These nationally organised and coordinated peaceful vigils took place simultaneously in Manchester, Birmingham, Central London, Brixton, Tottenham, Sheffield, Slough, High Wycombe and a number of other locations across the country.

Tippa Naphtali, Mikey Powell Campaign & 4WardEver UK said; “These deaths have just got to stop. Family campaigners need to take matters into our hands in a manner more unprecedented than anything seen before.

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Shot in head, death arrests and police cover-ups

all credits: Siân Ruddick
originally published: 9th August 2011

The police, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have a long history of cover-ups. There have been 333 deaths in police custody since 1998.

No police officer has been prosecuted for any of them.

Many names are unknown to most people in Britain. But some have hit the headlines. On 22 July 2005 Jean Charles De Menezes was shot seven times in the head on an underground train at Stockwell, south London.

The police claimed that Jean Charles was concealing a bomb under a bulky jacket. Neither the bomb nor the jacket existed. But even after the inquest the IPCC refused to recommend even disciplinary actions against the police who shot him.

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