13 March 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

4th anniversary of Gilly Mundy’s death

compiled from various sources: 4WardEver UK
published: 13th March 2011

17 March 2011 will mark four years since the death of one of the stalwarts of the campaign movement against deaths in police custody and abuse by police and prison officers in the United Kingdom. Gilly saved three lives and restored the sight of two others when he donated his organs after his death in March 2007.

Friend and colleague Kevin Blowe said: “As a campaigner and activist, Gilly managed to cram so much into his own life and touch the lives of so many others that it is almost too painful to imagine what more he could have achieved.

16 January 201116 December 2022 4WardEverUK

New Cross Fire: 30th year anniversary

On This Day – New Cross
BBC Archive

18th January 2011 will mark 30 years since the controversial fire that claimed many lives and left many questioning the quality of the police investigation into the deaths. There are those that say it was an accident and others, a deliberate racist attack the authorities couldn’t be bothered to investigate! The New Cross Fire was a devastating house fire which killed 13 young black people during a birthday party in New Cross, southeast London on Sunday January 18, 1981.

The black community were shocked by the indifference of the white population, and accused the London Metropolitan Police of covering up the cause, which they suspected was an arson attack motivated by racism; the protests arising out of the fire led to a mobilisation of black political activity.

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24 August 201016 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Sean Rigg family hold a vigil on the 2nd anniversary of his death

originally published by: BBC News
21 August 2010

The family and friends of a mentally-ill man who died in police custody have held a vigil to mark the second anniversary of his death. Sean Rigg, 40, of Balham, was arrested in 2008 on suspicion of assaulting an officer and taken to Brixton police station, where he died hours later.

An inquiry by the IPCC ended in February, but the findings have not yet been released. The Metropolitan Police said it remains committed to the investigation.

Mr Rigg’s family say he was “fit and healthy with no illicit drugs or alcohol found in his body at the time of his death”. He died within hours of being taken into custody. Police said he was seen by a doctor after he fell ill, shortly before he died.