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London police officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba acquitted of murder

Chris Kaba was shot in the head through the car windshield [Courtesy of Chris Kaba family]

A London police officer who fatally shot a Black man two years ago has been acquitted of murder.

Martyn Blake, a 40-year-old marksman with the Metropolitan Police, was cleared by a London jury on Monday in the death of Chris Kaba.

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