Police failings in the care of a man who swallowed a packet of drugs contributed to his death, an inquest ruled. The jury in the inquest of Leroy ‘Junior’ Medford ruled he died of a heroin overdose after being arrested in April 2017.
Custody Deaths & Abuse
Inquest concludes police restraint contributed to death of Darren Cumberbatch
An inquest jury has concluded that police restraint of a man from Coventry who died days after being arrested contributed to his death. Darren Cumberbatch died in hospital nine days after being restrained by police in July 2017.
Can the NPA save face on unresolved [historical] apartheid deaths?
Several important steps have been made over the last two weeks on the thorny and long-ignored plight of the prosecution of post Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases.
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The death of Rashan Charles: “Why I challenge the official story”
One Saturday two summers ago, in the early hours, a young black man called Rashan Charles died on the floor of a Hackney convenience store. The police claimed that Rashan had been “taken ill” after “trying to swallow an object”.
Black women political prisoners of the police state
The Rev. Joy Powell says she was “raped, railroaded and bamboozled” by police. Her crime? Being a poor Black woman who faced off against the police – protesting their violent brutality against Black people in Rochester, N.Y.C.
$2 million settlement reached in Derek Williams’ squad car death
The family of Derek Williams, who died after begging for help and gasping for breath in the back of a Milwaukee police squad car, will receive a $2 million settlement in a long-running civil rights suit against the city, attorneys said Tuesday.
