http://www.scribd.com/doc/56836882/Paper-Petition-for-legislative-reform-in-regard-to-deaths-in-police-custody
You can now print off the petition at the link above and collect signatures which you can then transfer to the Online petition.
Remember you must have a seperate email address for each signature. Many supporters have already started collecting signatures at the Summer Carnivals and events. You can also collect them at work, schools and colleges.
Thank you everyone - let's make this petition a success. Don't forget we will be handing it in at Number 10 Downing Street this September so we are relying on you.
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We call on you to march with us in Birmingham on Saturday July 2nd 2011
One People with One Aim: JUSTICE FOR ALL
Message from Kedisha: (Kingsley Burrell's sister)
"I'm not just calling on ethnic minority but global majority to bridge the gap between institutionalised racism and custodial deaths.As a community at large we need to join forces in support of my late brother Kingsley Burrell’s Campaign as one step forward in challenging current legislation. Out of many we are one strong diverse culture with strong religious beliefs. Therefore I take this opportunity to invite one and all to take part in the March for Justice on Saturday 2nd July 2011 to be held in Birmingham.We owe it to ourselves to guide and protect our past present and future generations in breaking through the chains of mental and physical slavery and I urge you all to attend in order show your support in this ongoing fight against inequalities in Great Britain."
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
3rd Anniversary vigil for Habib 'Paps' Ullah
Organised by Justice for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah
Date and Time: Sunday, July 3 · 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: High Wycombe police station, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, United Kingdom
In a month's time on Sunday July 3rd 2011 we will
be holding the 3rd Anniversary vigil for Habib outside
High Wycombe Police station between 4 and 7pm.
It's incredible to think that three years on the investigation
into his death in a car park in the town has still not been completed.
Recently his family have met the CPS and we are now aware that the police officers have been interviewed under criminal caution and the solicitor present will also be interviewed.Please join us on the 3rd of July to express your support and solidarity with the family and the campaign. A flyer and a new information leaflet will be out...
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Friday, 10 June 2011
The tragic death of Kingsley Burrell a young black man a father, brother and son at the hands of West Midlands Police is profoundly resonant in some ways of the policing style of South African apartheid regime, the epitome of a racist police state.The Boer police were notorious for the brutal way they killed innocent black South Africans in their droves. Under apartheid South Africa there was a formal process of police accountability and judicial inquiry into such deaths. Mired in racist practice, the police would usually provide an account stating that the detainee had " jumped out of a fifth storey window " or " fell down four flights of stairs". The judgement was always the same no one was ever held to account and most of those involved would be praised and promoted.Of course we have never had that level of racist oppression here in the UK. However when it comes to black deaths in custody there remains a whiff of apartheid like racism...
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