
#5 BLM - Sheku Bayoh
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In this month's episode of our Black Lives Matter series, we discuss the death of Sheku Bayoh in the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy. Sheku died after he was pepper-sprayed and restrained by 4 police officers in 2015. The police cover-up, scandal and public inquiry that followed has made Sheku's death one of Scotland's most notorious cases.This is Sheku's story.Sources:Death in Custody: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bw8f21/disclosure-series-1-3-dead-in-police-custodyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53076269https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-52754957https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/16/sheku-bayoh-brother-shouldnt-have-died-like-this-inquiry-family\https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenonehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_drughttps://www.inquest.org.uk/sheku-bayoh-timeline-nov2019https://www.gov.scot/news/inquiry-into-the-death-of-sheku-bayoh/https://www.inquest.org.uk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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