Prosecutors have charged a Metropolitan Police officer with murder after he shot rapper Chris Kaba in London last year.

  • RaivoKulli
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    1 year ago

    I think this leaves out a bit.

    At around 10.07pm, Kaba made a left turn from New Park Road onto Kirkstall Gardens.[5] A marked armed response vehicle was waiting on this road.[5] Police vehicles boxed the car in, and witnesses claimed that Kaba ignored repeated orders to get out of the vehicle, and was trying to ram the Audi through the roadblock.[6] Armed officers exited their vehicles then approached the Audi on foot.[5] According to the IOPC, a police officer fired a single round at Kaba through the car’s windscreen, striking him.[5][6] He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died of his injuries just after 12:00 am the following day.[7]

    Also I found this really interesting

    On 21 September the family of the deceased viewed the police body-worn camera footage of the incident. Having seen it, Kaba’s cousin said that they would be taking a step back in their protest about the death.

    The original BBC article words it a bit differently

    Afterwards, Mr Kaba’s cousin Jefferson Bosela repeated Ms Nkama’s comments, saying the family now wants “justice” but that they would now be taking a “step back” after some initial campaigning following Mr Kaba’s death.

    Not sure what they changed their mind about

    • Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      This should be the top comment right here. Some actual context around what happened.