The choice to name Sergeant Martyn Blake – the police officer who took the fatal shot which killed Chris Kaba – has placed him and his family in intolerable danger.
Anti-police activists, some of whom work in our public institutions, sought to push the narrative of Mr Kaba as a father-to-be and an aspiring architect. In reality, he was one of the most dangerous gang members in London. When he was killed he still had gunshot residue on his arms from a shooting he’d perpetrated against a rival six days earlier.
