Family members say it’s “no surprise” that a damning report has revealed black people are seven times more likely to die after being restrained by police.
In a report called I Can’t Breathe: Race, Death and British Policing, campaign group Inquest said the British system for investigating deaths after police contact fails black families and ignores racism as a potential factor.
No officer has ever been found to have acted in a racist or discriminatory way following the death of a black person after police contact, the report concludes.
