UFFC 21st remembrance procession
Westminster, London. Sat 26 Oct 2019
People meet in Trafalgar Square for the annual remembrance procession
for those who have died in custody
Marcia Rigg, whose brother Sean Rigg was killed by police in Brixton
in 2008 holds a poster listing a few of
those who have been killed and then speaks briefly before the march
She holds a poster showing a picture of her brother and the message
'No More Deaths in Custody - No Justice No Peace'
People listen as she speaks
Stephanie Lightfoot-Bennet whose twin brother Leon Patterson died
in a police cell in Stockport. An inquest
in April 1993 resulted in a verdict of unlawful killing but this was
quashed after police appealed to the High Court
A banner shows the faces of six men who have been killed by police
'If any other group killed more than 1 person a week would we be OK
with that? Police Kill'
The main banner 'United Families and Friends Campaign - No More Deaths
in Custody'
Winston Augustine died in HMP Wormwood Scrubs in August 2018
People were also marching today against police killings in Lyon
The march begins, walking slowly down to Downing St
'Justice for John Gardiner - Died in Police Custody on 10th May 1996'
during his arrest in Blackburn
The march goes down Whitehall
'Build Youth Centres Not Prisons - Protect Kids from the Police'
Banners show photographs of some of the thousands who have died in
custody
Jimmy Mubenga, killed by security guards on a forced deporotation
flight. 17 year old student Komang Jack
Susianta drowned in the River Lea in 2015 after being chased by police.
They stopped others from trying to save him.
Marcia Rigg leads the chanting as the march goes down Whitehall; "Who
are the murderers?" and the crowd
reply "Police are the Murderers".
'Police Have Licence To Kill'
Family members speak at Downing St
Police told lies about his mother who was killed by a speeding police
car
Although thousands have died under suspicious circumstances since
1990, not one of those responsible have
been convicted of murder or manslaughter.
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