About two or three hundred people all wearing black gathered in Trafalgar Square where family members shared the disturbing stories of their daughters', brothers', sons' and cousin's brutal deaths.

After the speeches the procession made its way to Downing Street where a delegation of relatives delivered a petition letter to Tony Blair. In the mean time, other family members attempted to rest two wreaths of flowers by the gates of the ministerial house. This, was only accomplished after negotiations with the police who quoted anti-terrorist laws and claimed that the flowers might have caused a safety hazard.

The remembrance ceremony ended with more speeches by the relatives including Myrna Simpson, mother of Joy Gardner. Myrna’s daughter was violently restrained in her home by immigration and police who then suffocated her to death by wrapping 13 feet of surgical tape around her face. The incident took place in front of Joy's five and half year old son Graham.

"The police must learn that they are not above the law"
"How would you like your father, mother, son, daughter to be killed... to be taken naked to hospital...."
(Myrna Simpson)

Myrna and the other family members are seeking justice. Up to date not a single police has been convicted for any of these crimes.

The demands of UFFC are:

• All deaths in custody should be independently investigated.
• The Police Complaint Authority be replaced by a body independent of the police.
• Prison deaths should not be investigated by the Prison Service.
• Officers involved in custody deaths be suspended until investigation are completed.
• Prosecution of officers should automatically follow unlawful killing verdicts at inquests.
• Officers responsible for deaths should face criminal charges, even if retired.
• Police forces are made accountable to the communities that they serve.
• Legal Aid and full disclosure of information be made to the relatives of the victims.

Some of the stories of those who died in custody (Brian Douglas, Wayne Douglas, Shiji Lapite, Ibrahima Sey and Joy Gardner among others ) and the struggle of their families to get justice are portrayed in Injustice, a powerful documentary by director Ken Fero.