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Murderd by The Police

http://underclassrising.net/ | 20.04.2009 15:57 | Liverpool

The high-profile deaths of Ian Tomlinson and Jean Charles de Menezes are, unfortunately, merely the tip of an iceberg. Over decades there have been several other deaths of citizens at the hands of the police in Britain. In the Menezes case, the death was caused by direct and unprovoked physical assault by the police

. The evidence in the Tomlinson case, in particular a video shot by a New York fund manager in London at the time of the G20 summit and passed to the "Guardian" newspaper, also points towards the death having been caused by direct and unprovoked physical assault. In a case such as the 96 Liverpool Football Club fans killed at the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989, the 96 victims died as a result of mistakes in decision-making by those responsible for policing the event - although it has taken twenty years for the South Yorkshire police force to state publicly that they were responsible and, as yet, no convictions or charges have been brought.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster
 http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/
 http://www.injusticefilm.co.uk/
 http://www.4wardever.org/
 http://inquest.gn.apc.org/
 http://www.innocent.org.uk/
 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/shot-dead-by-police-30-officers-convicted-0-511859.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom#Issues
 http://omlc.ogi.edu/aikido/talk/osensei/artofpeace/
 http://www.peacemagazine.org/198.htm
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60175410958

Adamson, Hayley (Newcastle, 2008):
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29604916284
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15775518092
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28511629192

Alder, Christopher (Hull, 1998):
 http://www.ncrm.org.uk/campaigns/alder.html

Ashley, James (St.Leonards, East Sussex, 1998):
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ashley

Bateman, Derek (Surrey, 1999)

Bennett, Derek (Brixton, London, 2001):
 http://www.4wardever.org/#/derekbennett/4528134956

Bishop, Ricky (Brixton, London, 2001):
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41965963816

Brady, James (near Newcastle, 1995)

Davies, Kirk (West Yorkshire, 2000)

Dickson, Steven (Codnor, Derbyshire, 2001):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1631763.stm

Dixon, Robert (1995)

Douglas, Brian (Clapham, London, 1995):
 http://www.4wardever.org/#/briandouglas/4528092357

Douglas, Wayne (Brixton, London, 1995):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/142385.stm

Ewin, David (Barnes, London, 1995):
 http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/rpm/shoot2kill.html

Fitzgerald, Michael (Bedford, 1998):
 http://vlex.com/vid/bubbins-michael-fitzgerald-kingdom-26822310

Gardner, Joy (London, 1993):
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Gardner
 http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-death-of-joy-gardner/

Gifford, Jason (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 2002):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/3376571.stm

Hay, Ian (Totnes, Devon, 1993)

Howell, David (Birmingham, 1996)

Kernan, Andrew (Liverpool, 2001):
 http://www.kirkbytimes.co.uk/news_items/andrew_kernan.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1441582.stm

King, Craig (Manchester, 2005):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5221100.stm

Kitts, Anthony (Falmouth, 1999):
 http://www.amnesty.org/ar/library/asset/EUR45/056/2000/ar/dom-EUR450562000en.html

Larkins, Keith (near Heathrow Airport, 2003):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/2984660.stm

Luckhurst, David (Hertfordshire, 1993)

Malsbury, Michael (Harrow, 2001)

Menezes, Jean Charles de (Stockwell, London, 2005):
 http://justice4jean.org/

Murden, Simon (Hull, 2005):
 http://www.simonmurden.com/

O'Connor, Colin (Bedfordshire, 2003):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4326319.stm

O'Donnell, Patrick (London, 2000)

Oluwale, David (Leeds, 1969):
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oluwale

Palmer, Nicholas (Thornton Heath, London, 2004):
 http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/pr100506_palmer.htm

Peach, Blair (Southall, London, 1979):
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Peach
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=149027185144
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2682130343

Powell, Mikey (Birmingham, 2003):
 http://www.mikeypowell-campaign.org.uk/
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46579873008

Prout, Philip (Lewannick, Cornwall, 2004)
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4327252.stm

Rigg, Sean (Brixton, London, 2008):
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37871114632

Rodney, Azelle (Edgware, London, 2005):
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azelle_Rodney

Saunders, Mark (Chelsea, London, 2008):
 http://mark-saunders.gonetoosoon.org/

Scott, John (Stocksfield, Northumberland, 2005):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7142459.stm

Sey, Ibrahim (Newham, London, 1996)

Stanley, Harry (Hackney, London, 1999):
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Stanley

Stone, David (London, 1993)

Sycamore, David (Guildford, Surrey, 2008):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/7940022.stm
 http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/pr011208_guilfordshooting.htm
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42794961034

Sylvester, Roger (Tottenham, London, 1999):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4044677.stm

Thomas, Sarah (Hackney, London, 1999):
 http://www.ainfos.ca/99/aug/ainfos00046.html

Thompson, Fosta (Bristol, 2002):
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4415958.stm

Last, but by no means least, there is the case of the 96 Liverpool Football Club fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989. Twenty years on, and despite the recommendations of the subsequent Taylor Report, there has still not been justice and those culpable for the fatal errors of that day (and for the dissemination of falsehoods about the conduct of fans) have not been held accountable. Justice in that case, as in all others that are still unresolved, is long overdue.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster
 http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/

Fromm, Eric- "The Sane Society"
 http://www.lrbshop.co.uk/sane-society_1996.html

Ingleton, Ray - "Arming the British police - The Great Debate":
 http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tpTHuhTdwLQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ingleton+Arming+British&ei=myXnSYf9FpKSzgT51oHPCA

BBC One - Should police carry stun guns?
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/consumer/2008/12/15/should_the_police_carry_stun_g.html

Ban/End/Stop/Prohibit/Withdraw/Abolish Tasers:
 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40368042303

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 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73287137615&ref=mf

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Comments

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lot of people murdered by terrorists too

20.04.2009 19:21


People just love killing. Its part of the evolution hardwiring i guess - not much can do about it apart from make tough incentives not to.

Jeff @ Jeff


Is Jeff saying

21.04.2009 01:00

police are not terrorists? Hardly a sustainable position in the face of this list, is it? And it's not complete, as pointed out above. Probably others missed out, too. Please add comments if you know of any.

But good work for compiling this and putting it up.

Stroppyoldgit


Kevin Gateley

21.04.2009 01:23

is not on the list either. He was killed by police in Red Lion Square in 1974 during a big action opposing the National Front.

www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/115col.htm

Stroppyoldgit


Police ??? Others 0

21.04.2009 08:59

Time to even up the score.

Rote Zora


Great list

21.04.2009 09:35

well done for putting this list together. People forget how many times the police have killed and get away with it.

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