Kim Johnson told the House of Commons that the 'media are using racist gang tropes to justify the killing of Chris Kaba ' - while other members of the party were urged to apologise after issuing statements supporting the criminal gang member.
READ MORE:. LISTEN:A Labour MP has provoked fury by accusing the media of poorly portraying Chris Kaba after his real identity as a notorious gangster was finally revealed following the acquittal of the police officer who shot him dead.
The 40-year-old is living in hiding, fearing for his life and his family after a £10,000 bounty was offered in revenge for Mr Kaba's death to anyone prepared to kill him. LBC presenter Nick Ferrari issued a furious response on his show, saying: 'This was a man who chose to... in fact has been in crime since he was 13.. and who chose to... we all saw, or if you wanted to watch the TV you could see the video footage, of him shooting presumably a rival in a nightclub. What the hell has the media got to do...
Lord Stevens, the former Met Police commissioner, said some politicians were too quick to slam the force and compare Mr Kaba's death to that of George Floyd. Lord Stevens told the Telegraph: 'People need to stop and think. I believe the liberal Left should apologise, now it has come out that his background included him having been involved in a shooting and chasing a man outside a night just days before his death.
Advertisement 'Let's have an acceptance of what he was and what he did. You can see why he acted the way he did in that car; he wanted to get away from the police and was desperate to do so. I think those who vaunted him should apologise.' She added: 'The mainstream media have an unfortunate habit of erasing inconvenient truths when they have decided what ''the story'' is, and it is amazing how often it happens to black people.'
'I appreciate that there are many unanswered questions and I want to reassure all of London's communities that I will continue to push for these to be answered.' 'I want the police to enforce our laws without fear or favour, without focusing on community relations. There's one community in London - that is Londoners. We should be protecting all people and no one should have protected status or the police shouldn't be worried about how they behave.'The police bodycam footage from multiple angles shows chaotic scenes as Mr Kaba was shot
Asked about the Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation, a spokesman for the Mayor told MailOnline: 'As with all fatal police shootings, it is for the IOPC to independently assess the full circumstances of the case and consider whether the officer concerned should face any misconduct action.'
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the changes represented a 'welcome step forward' after Ms Cooper unveiled a string of measures in the wake of the Kaba case. Earlier, Ms Cooper told MPs a review of how police who take fatal shots in the line of duty are held to account found the system was 'not commanding the confidence of either the public or the police' amid wider concerns about disciplinary proceedings.
'Accountability and misconduct proceedings are too often plagued by delays stretching for years, which are damaging for complainants, officers and forces alike, and the system has become much more complex, with confusion over multiple thresholds for different investigations, a lack of clarity, especially involving specialist capabilities.
Kaba started blasting at Brandon Malutshi, chasing him outside the Oval Space Club in Hackney, with one of the bullets hitting him in the leg This would mean charges would be brought only when there is a reasonable prospect of conviction, instead of if there is an indication of criminality using limited evidence.Bereaved families will also be given the right to appeal when the IOPC decides not to seek a charge against an officer.
The Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson has since been asked to review the CPS guidance on charging police officers for offences committed while they are on duty, Ms Cooper said.
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