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Mark Duggan’s family, relatives of other black men killed in custody, and one of the UK’s most senior black lawyers have called for a public inquiry into policing in Britain.Mark Duggan’s family, relatives of other black men killed in custody, and one of the UK’s most senior black lawyers have called for a public inquiry into policing in Britain.
Duggan was shot twice on 4 August 2011 in Tottenham, north London, after 11 specialist firearms officers stopped the minicab he was in on suspicion that he had an illegal firearm. While no gun was found on him, a handgun in a sock was discovered on grassland about four metres (14ft) from his body.Duggan was shot twice on 4 August 2011 in Tottenham, north London, after 11 specialist firearms officers stopped the minicab he was in on suspicion that he had an illegal firearm. While no gun was found on him, a handgun in a sock was discovered on grassland about four metres (14ft) from his body.
Campaigners are calling for an investigation after it was reported that the man who passed a gun to Duggan before he was killed by police in Tottenham was not arrested weeks earlier, despite evidence he was known to officers and had used the same weapon in another attack.Campaigners are calling for an investigation after it was reported that the man who passed a gun to Duggan before he was killed by police in Tottenham was not arrested weeks earlier, despite evidence he was known to officers and had used the same weapon in another attack.
Following a three-and-a-half-year investigation into the killing of Duggan, 29, the the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) cleared armed officers of any wrongdoing in the killing of Mark Duggan, saying it was likely that he was in the process of throwing away a handgun when he was shot. Following a three-and-a-half-year investigation into the killing of Duggan, 29, the the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) cleared armed officers of any wrongdoing, saying it was likely that he was in the process of throwing away a handgun when he was shot.
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In its 500-page report, released in March, the IPCC called for urgent improvements in the accountability of undercover firearms operations after finding that a lack of audio or video material “made it difficult, and on occasions impossible, to know with absolute certainty what happened”. In its 500-page report released in March, the IPCC called for urgent improvements in the accountability of undercover firearms operations after finding that a lack of audio or video material “made it difficult, and on occasions impossible, to know with absolute certainty what happened”.
Campaigners say there are deep problems with Operation Trident, which investigates gun crime in London’s black communities. Carole Duggan, Duggan’s aunt, said her family had “ample evidence” that police had misled an inquest into his death.Campaigners say there are deep problems with Operation Trident, which investigates gun crime in London’s black communities. Carole Duggan, Duggan’s aunt, said her family had “ample evidence” that police had misled an inquest into his death.
“A public inquiry is the only way to find out whether or not senior officers from Operation Trident have been colluding with armourers, that they provide protection to, to put guns on to the streets of London, so that they could then arrest those receiving the weapons” she said on Sunday. “A public inquiry is the only way to find out whether or not senior officers from Operation Trident have been colluding with armourers, that they provide protection to, to put guns on to the streets of London, so that they could then arrest those receiving the weapons,” she said on Sunday.
She said her nephew was the victim of a sting operation that went tragically wrong. “Mark was not a gangster,” she said. “He was not one of the 48 most dangerous men in Europe. He was just an ordinary working-class family man, coming from an ordinary working class family. We have to speak for him as Mark has no voice, because he was executed.”She said her nephew was the victim of a sting operation that went tragically wrong. “Mark was not a gangster,” she said. “He was not one of the 48 most dangerous men in Europe. He was just an ordinary working-class family man, coming from an ordinary working class family. We have to speak for him as Mark has no voice, because he was executed.”
Courtenay Griffiths QC called for a broader inquiry into policing in Britain. He said it needed to cover six points: the use of undercover officers; the use and protection of informants; the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to allow for surveillance; deaths in custody; the use of lethal force by police; and the supervision of police operations that might affect minority communities.Courtenay Griffiths QC called for a broader inquiry into policing in Britain. He said it needed to cover six points: the use of undercover officers; the use and protection of informants; the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to allow for surveillance; deaths in custody; the use of lethal force by police; and the supervision of police operations that might affect minority communities.
He said: “For the first time in my historical memory we have a Tory home secretary in Theresa May who is not afraid to take on the police and in particular the Police Federation.He said: “For the first time in my historical memory we have a Tory home secretary in Theresa May who is not afraid to take on the police and in particular the Police Federation.
“It seems to me the timing is right for us to seize the opportunity to demand from Theresa May a judicial inquiry into the police.”“It seems to me the timing is right for us to seize the opportunity to demand from Theresa May a judicial inquiry into the police.”
Stafford Scott, a longstanding community activist in Tottenham, said of the tactics of Trident: “They allow sharks to have guns in our community, and when the sharks pass the guns to the sprats, they arrest the sprats and lock them up. But unfortunately in the case of Mark Duggan, they didn’t lock him up. They executed him on the streets of Tottenham.”Stafford Scott, a longstanding community activist in Tottenham, said of the tactics of Trident: “They allow sharks to have guns in our community, and when the sharks pass the guns to the sprats, they arrest the sprats and lock them up. But unfortunately in the case of Mark Duggan, they didn’t lock him up. They executed him on the streets of Tottenham.”