Controversial deaths in UK police custody
- Controversial deaths in UK police custody
There have been a disproportionate number of deaths of black people in British Police custody which have never been properly investigated.Fact|date=June 2008 According to the Institute of Race Relations, out of 75 cases of such deaths in custody they recorded in 1991, only one has resulted in a prosecution (of the police) and only in that one has the family of the deceased received compensation. [ [http://www.irr.org.uk/1991/january/ak000003.html Deadly silence: black deaths in custody - By A. Sivanandan (1 January 1991, 10:00am)] ]
The following is a list of deaths of individuals which in some instances have taken place in police custody and which those with unknown agendas have stated give rise to concern because of unexplained or mysterious circumstances surrounding those deaths; however, some deaths have occurred when running away from police. In an article in "New Statesman", Darcus Howe after the murder of Zahid Mubarak at Feltham in 2006 predicted that such deaths in custody would increase. [ [http://www.newstatesman.com/200607170027 Why there will be more deaths in custody - Darcus Howe( Published 17 July 2006)] ]
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