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UK: Mark Duggan family reacts with fury to inquest verdict of lawful killing - Jury decides Duggan was lawfully killed despite concluding he was not holding gun when police shot him

08 January 2014

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"The family of Mark Duggan, whose death sparked the worst riots in modern British history, reacted with fury when an inquest jury ruled on Wednesday that police acted lawfully when they shot him, even though he had not been carrying a gun when he was killed."

See the article: Mark Duggan family reacts with fury to inquest verdict of lawful killing - Jury decides Duggan was lawfully killed despite concluding he was not holding gun when police shot him (Guardian, link)

and: JURY IN MARK DUGGAN INQUEST CONCLUDES HE DID NOT HAVE A GUN IN HIS HAND WHEN HE WAS SHOT (INQUEST, link):

"In a statement, the family of Mark Duggan said: “We are shocked by the jury’s conclusion given the evidence we have heard over the past few months. We will continue to fight for justice for Mark.”

Deborah Coles, co-director of INQUEST said: “The jury’s conclusion is both perverse and incomprehensible. We cannot have a situation where unarmed citizens are shot dead on the streets of London and no-one is held to account."

Also See: Inquest jury verdict - full-text (pdf)

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