Post by soyeb19 on Feb 19, 2024 3:51:45 GMT -5
The police force in England has handed over its weapons due to fear of the possible punishment of an officer who shot a young black man in September last year while carrying out an operation in south London. The shock of the black community has caused several protests in the country accusing the police force of being racist since the young man was unarmed.
On September 5, 2022, a police operation in Streatham Hill , a neighborhood in south London, had a fatal outcome for 24-year-old rapper Chris Kaba . The young man was driving a car that was not registered in his name and was also linked to an incident involving firearms that occurred the previous day. The British agents chased Kaba and tried to stop him from fleeing , so one of them decided to shoot because, according to witnesses to the event, Chris was driving recklessly in the direction of a police vehicle.
After the shot, the young man was taken to Whatsapp Database the hospital to treat his gunshot wounds from which he could not recover and died the next day . This fact caused a great commotion in the black community in England as they allege that the police violence exceeded the fact that it was not a white person and that they are normalizing racist attitudes.
Social movements
Kaba's family demanded a homicide investigation and information about what had really happened. The community rallied to the case and agreed to meet in front of the Brixton police department demanding justice. The first rally only had 40 people, but as the days went by, movements for equality took to the streets in New Scotland Yard, which exceeded 300 members with the presence of opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn
Much of the population believes that Chris was murdered because of the color of his skin and, in the words of his cousin “he was not perfect… But despite that, no one deserves to be killed by the police unless they are an imminent threat or direct to the public.” His relative made this comment regarding the rapper's background coming to light since, in 2018, he was convicted of possessing firearms with the intent to cause fear or violence .
The Crown Prosecution Service announced on September 20, 2023 its authorization for the murder charge against the Metropolitan Police ( MET ) officer who fired the shot . The professional has the condition of release on bail with a series of requirements since he has to report his exact address, hand over his passport and not request documents that allow international travel. Likewise, December 1, 2023 has been set as the date for a hearing that will be responsible for preparing the guilty plea and trial since the accused faces a life sentence.
Fear in the body
The police officers have handed over their weapons as they fear being prosecuted for their work due to the impact that the Chris Kaba case is having in the country . This has been a problem since the agents who have given up their weapons are part of the body in charge of carrying out dangerous and sensitive tasks such as, for example, defusing bombs or preventing terrorism. England has been forced to deploy army troops to protect the nation from possible terrorist attacks since they are less protected with unarmed agents of that specialty.
England's Metropolitan Police (Photo: Silicon UK)
The Minister of the Interior, Suella Braverman , has stated that the regulations on how armed police forces should be judged when they are carrying out their duties must be reviewed with special care. So, she wrote in X's account of her that: “we depend on our brave armed officers to protect us from the most dangerous and violent in society; They should not fear ending up on the bench for doing their job . The officers who risk their lives to keep us safe have my full support and I will do everything in my power to support them .”
Despite Braverman's statements, the MET is anxious as they fear how the British judicial system will judge their actions as they face life or death situations in which they claim that the ability to react is just a fraction of second.
On September 5, 2022, a police operation in Streatham Hill , a neighborhood in south London, had a fatal outcome for 24-year-old rapper Chris Kaba . The young man was driving a car that was not registered in his name and was also linked to an incident involving firearms that occurred the previous day. The British agents chased Kaba and tried to stop him from fleeing , so one of them decided to shoot because, according to witnesses to the event, Chris was driving recklessly in the direction of a police vehicle.
After the shot, the young man was taken to Whatsapp Database the hospital to treat his gunshot wounds from which he could not recover and died the next day . This fact caused a great commotion in the black community in England as they allege that the police violence exceeded the fact that it was not a white person and that they are normalizing racist attitudes.
Social movements
Kaba's family demanded a homicide investigation and information about what had really happened. The community rallied to the case and agreed to meet in front of the Brixton police department demanding justice. The first rally only had 40 people, but as the days went by, movements for equality took to the streets in New Scotland Yard, which exceeded 300 members with the presence of opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn
Much of the population believes that Chris was murdered because of the color of his skin and, in the words of his cousin “he was not perfect… But despite that, no one deserves to be killed by the police unless they are an imminent threat or direct to the public.” His relative made this comment regarding the rapper's background coming to light since, in 2018, he was convicted of possessing firearms with the intent to cause fear or violence .
The Crown Prosecution Service announced on September 20, 2023 its authorization for the murder charge against the Metropolitan Police ( MET ) officer who fired the shot . The professional has the condition of release on bail with a series of requirements since he has to report his exact address, hand over his passport and not request documents that allow international travel. Likewise, December 1, 2023 has been set as the date for a hearing that will be responsible for preparing the guilty plea and trial since the accused faces a life sentence.
Fear in the body
The police officers have handed over their weapons as they fear being prosecuted for their work due to the impact that the Chris Kaba case is having in the country . This has been a problem since the agents who have given up their weapons are part of the body in charge of carrying out dangerous and sensitive tasks such as, for example, defusing bombs or preventing terrorism. England has been forced to deploy army troops to protect the nation from possible terrorist attacks since they are less protected with unarmed agents of that specialty.
England's Metropolitan Police (Photo: Silicon UK)
The Minister of the Interior, Suella Braverman , has stated that the regulations on how armed police forces should be judged when they are carrying out their duties must be reviewed with special care. So, she wrote in X's account of her that: “we depend on our brave armed officers to protect us from the most dangerous and violent in society; They should not fear ending up on the bench for doing their job . The officers who risk their lives to keep us safe have my full support and I will do everything in my power to support them .”
Despite Braverman's statements, the MET is anxious as they fear how the British judicial system will judge their actions as they face life or death situations in which they claim that the ability to react is just a fraction of second.