Distrust, disbelief and frustration is palpable on the streets around Electric Avenue. Here in Brixton, the buzzing heart of south London, news is sinking in that a police officer has been cleared of murdering an unarmed Black man in the borough.
Chris Kaba, 24, was fatally shot in the head by firearms officer Martyn Blake, 40, during a vehicle stop in Streatham Hill on 5 September 2022. He was the fourth unarmed man to be shot dead by police in non-terrorist operations since 2005. All were Black.
