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Police Get Away with Murder in Camden

Againstpolicebrutality | 18.05.2004 15:03 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | London

On 15/5/04 Kebba Jobe 42 was killed at approximately 2 pm by police using excessive force.

On the afternoon of 15/5/04 Kebba was sitting at the Camden lock when an undercover police officer approached him asking him to buy some cannabis. Although Kebba did not fall for the set up the undercover police officer, with the help of another three officers in uniform arrested him, beat him up and broke his spine!

As usual the police are trying to cover up their dirty work and at this time there is no inquiry. Further contrary to every procedure where homocide is concerned police did not cordon off the area, appeal for witnessess or take any of the other usual steps.

Kebba's family is now demanding justice and are calling for a demonstration on Sat 22/05/04 at 2pm. The demo will be starting from Camden lock- where the incident happened- and proceeding along to Kentish town police station.

Once again the police think they can get away with murder. And once again they will unless we stand up and fight back.

In the words of Kebba s family:'Now is the time to stand together and stand strong. NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE will we sit back and do nothing. The time is here for action. All we ask for is justice and an end to this police brutality. We would like to see the officer/s involved to be arrested, tried and imprisoned (the normal procedure)'

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Inquest on Monday - what did that come out with?

18.05.2004 17:06

Inquest Due on Police Custody Death

By Tom Whitehead, PA News

An inquest will be held today (Monday) into the death of a man shortly after police attempted to detain him for suspected drugs offences.

Kebba Dobo Jobe, 42, was in the process of being arrested by the Metropolitan Police in Camden, north-west London, on Saturday when he died.

He was named by the new Independent Police Complaints Commission which will manage an investigation in to his death to be conducted by a separate police force.

Laurence Lustgarten, IPCC Commissioner for North West London, said: “It is a terrible tragedy to lose a member of one’s family in circumstances such as these.”

The IPCC replaced the Police Complaints Authority last month.

The inquest will be held at St Pancras coroners court.


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Bastards!

18.05.2004 18:05

I saw the police filth last night in Kentish Town, with an irate Rasta cuffed in the back of a speeding van, sireens and lights blaring, with about six white officers switching on him. And again today, another Rasta (pure coincidence) was cuffed and struggling with two white officers in NW5. It's an alarming racist trend and they are getting away with murder.

Who's Next?


Dealers

18.05.2004 19:18

I agree this is a terrible injustice but in reply to 'Who's Next's comment, I walk through Camden almost every day and 95% of the people who offer me drugs every time I walk up the high street are African so therefore the police are likely to be arresting Africans.

Camden resident


...hang on a minute...

19.05.2004 07:19

> I agree this is a terrible injustice but in reply to 'Who's Next's comment, I walk
> through Camden almost every day and 95% of the people who offer me drugs every time I
> walk up the high street are African so therefore the police are likely to be arresting
> Africans.

Is "African" now a new code word for n*gger here?

Not all black people are 'African' - there was a comment above that two Rastas were being mistreated by the cops. Do you count them as 'African' too? What about black people born in this country - 'Africans'? There's some sort of false politeness with this word 'African' - it's like calling people 'Coloured'.

Anyway, even if "95% of the people who offer [you] drugs" are black, have you ever thought why that might be the case? I'll give you a small clue: black people do *not* have a natural affinity towards drugs. Now take things from there...

And regardless of whether this figure of "95%" is even true, which I very much doubt, we do *not* have the death penalty in this country - even for nasty 'African' drug dealers. It is not clear if Kebba Jobe was selling drugs from the above story but even if he was knocking out a bit of blow, this is not a capital offence - in fact, I can't even remember if it's supposed to be illegal, decriminalised or what (especially in Camden of all places). To actually break a man's spine in the course of arresting him for just smoking a spliff is using a level of excessive force which defies belief.

This is a shocking and tragic story that an asylum seeker with a young daughter born in this country can be treated this way - especially in view of the fact that Jobe's cousin appears to have also died in police custody in 1996:

 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/news14/kebba.html

Just what the hell is going on here?

Anti-racist


Lucky!

19.05.2004 08:51

I walk through Camden every day too and no-one ever offers me drugs - bummer! BTW - It was an undercover cop who offered "the African" puff, before they arrested and murdered him.

From Colin Roach in 1983 to Chris Alder in 2003 - no officer has been prosecuted or even suspended for the two THOUSAND deaths in police custody.

Who's Next?


...maybe not so racist...

20.05.2004 11:36

Whether "African" was a well-chosen word or not, I've been offered smoke many times on that corner. *Maybe* once was by a white guy, but the others were black. In my long experience of Camden, that 95% figure is conservative.

And no, I'm not condoning either profiling or police violence.

Know your stuff before casting doubt, Anti-racist.

gsv


WHAT THE F*CK???

21.05.2004 23:13

this article is seriously innacurate. i'm a close friend of someone who was there and there's no way, ever that they would lie to me about what happened. you're all screaming POLICE BRUTALITY!!! RACISTS!!! BEATING!!! when you don't even have the facts right.

eMILY bEAN


What the f*ck what the f*ck????

26.05.2004 21:09

So Emily Bean. What the f*ck, If you're friend was there and there was no way
they would lie to you, what did they say happened? This is supposed to be
INDY media isn't it???? If you know the story put it up.

african dealer#42 camden posse


Death on the Towpath

21.06.2004 06:16

I don't know what really happened on the towpath that night, but I live across the road from where it happened, and I do know that about 4 hours beforehand I watched a man with a bat chase someone down Chalk Farm Road. He was then jumped on by about 6 policemen, who then kicked him a couple of times. I don't really know what happened straight after that, but I did see them surrounding and beating a teenage boy about 30 seconds later. By the end of this there was around 20-30 policemen, and they'd also taken a guy who'd shouted at them from across the road for beating up the kid. They'd let the original guy go, minus his bat. I don't know if it matters, but all the people involved were white.

As well as this, they did appeal for witnesses to Kebba Jobe's death, but I don't think anyone stepped forward. Make of it what you will.

chib


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18.07.2006 19:53

Drugs Destroy Communities....

So I am glad to say..

Another one bites the dust, oh yeah, and another one bites the dust.

Good Riddance to drug dealing scum like Kebbe Jobe

landersanders


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