Widespread riots in 2011 were
caused by the police reaction to
Mark Duggan's death.
Family started a peaceful
protest into the slow reaction
from the police into the
investagation of his death.
Shaun Bailey (former aide to David Cameron)
said the Met Police's failure to speak directly
with the Duggan family coupled with mixed
messages coming out of Scotland Yard
Shaun Bailey agrees.
What happened?
Police had been trailing Duggan for
a while. They believed that he had
acquired a firearm.
He was shot dead by
armed police officers.
Police tried to claim
that they had killed
him during a
shoot-out
BUT it's been discovered
that the bullet that hit a
policer's radio was fired by
the officer who shot Duggan
dead.
No evidence that Mark
Duggan opened fire at
police offers.
Police were quick to
label Duggan as a
gangster.
At the scene, the police
recovered a weapon which
they claimed was Duggan's,