Duggan’s death comes back to haunt UK

The London Metropolitan police claimed that they have used fire-arms and Taser gun in self defence against the young black man, who’s been accused of committing theft in forest hill London.

Actually, police are using exactly the same pretext for the shooting of the ethnic minority man as they used to justify the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan.

Duggan’s death by the police in Tottenham area of London sparked the worst unrests, which triggered chaos in the modern British history in August.

The official version of the incidents surrounding Duggan’s death recounted how he had a gun pointed at officers and even fired a shot as they tried to arrest him.

However, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) had to admit three months later that Duggan was not even holding a gun when he faced officers still less shooting at them.

Similarly, in the recent case, the London Met police also claim they have tried to approach the black man but he threatened them with a “large bladed weapon.”

But, some believe contradictions between police report and the facts on the ground surrounding the incident are contradictory.

The close similarities between Duggan’s death and new fatal attack by police has once again raised serious questions about the truth behind the police tactics against ethnic minorities and the systematic cover ups after the incidents.

According to official figures there have been 15 such deaths in police custody for each of 2010 and 2009 and a total 300 since 1998, while not one single conviction of the officers for murder could be found.

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