Workers Revolutionary Party
Leon Briggs Family members and their
supporters with the Justice 4Leon banner marching in
London in October 2014 on the annual United Families and Friends Campaign march for justice for all those who have died whilst in the custody
of the state
âOver our long fight for the truth there has been no remorse shown by the police â in fact they have tried to disrupt the investigation at every turn, determined to cover their own backs,â Leon Briggsâ mother, Margaret Briggs, said after the inquest into her sonâs death delivered its verdict last Friday.
The inquest found that a series of omissions and failures by Bedfordshire Police and East of England Ambulance Service contributed to the death of Leon Briggs on 4th November 2013.
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PLANS to set up a “people’s tribunal” for deaths in custody were given a major boost this week with Black Lives Matter UK donating £40,000 to the project.
The United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC), a coalition of family members who have lost loved ones in police custody, said its tribunal will invite international human-rights experts to investigate failures to prosecute those responsible for their relatives’ deaths.
The donation is part of a wider scheme by BLM UK to release more than £100,000 to black-led organisations across the country after it received £1.2 million from a GoFundMe appeal during protests last summer.
UFFC, which is leading the initiative with Migrant Media and 4WardEverUK, welcomed the donation.
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