November 21, 2024

Mark Duggan “executed” says mother as inquest rules police killing “lawful”

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Supporters of the family of Mark Duggan are planning protests in London and Birmingham in the aftermath of an inquest that found police lawfully killed Mark Duggan

Violent disorder followed the killing of the Tottenham man in the summer of 2011.

Riot squads will be on standby for the coming days, police confirmed to the Times on Wednesday night , shortly after jurors found Duggan was legally shot, despite being unarmed at the moment a police officer took aim.

Duggan did have a gun in his possession at the time, the jury found, but had flung it away from him before he was shot. It was found 20ft away from his body.

As members of the Duggan family and supporters shook their fists and yelled abuse at jury members at the High Court, and at police officers giving statements outside, rumours swirled of a planned demonstration outside Tottenham Police Station.

Mark’s mother Carole Duggan said:

“The majority of people in this country know that Mark was executed.”

“He was executed and we still believe that, and we’re going to fight until we have no breath in our body for justice for Mark, for his children, and for all those with deaths in custody that have had nothing.”

“We are not giving up. No justice, no peace!”