Chris Kaba's biggest supporters - from Jeremy Corbyn to his mum who called police 'racist'

A fig of high-profile figures including erstwhile Labour Party person Jeremy Corbyn antecedently expressed enactment for Chris Kaba earlier the constabulary serviceman who changeable him dormant was cleared of execution this week.

Met Police firearms serviceman Martyn Blake was acquitted aft a unanimous not blameworthy verdict which took conscionable 3 hours to reach.

The 40-year-old serviceman changeable Mr Kaba, 24, successful the caput arsenic helium was trying to flight from a conveyance halt successful Streathem, southbound London, connected September 5, 2022.

Mr Kaba was unarmed, but Mr Blake said helium feared for his beingness and the lives of his chap officers arsenic Mr Kaba was ramming his conveyance backmost and distant having been boxed in.

Police did not cognize Mr Kaba was the antheral successful the conveyance erstwhile they stopped it, but lone knew it was perchance linked to a shooting the nighttime before.

Now reporting restrictions person been lifted aft the Old Bailey trial's conclusion, it has been revealed that Mr Kaba was a salient pack subordinate and was progressive successful an alleged shooting conscionable days earlier his death.

Met Commissioner Mark Rowley was unhappy that the lawsuit had gone to trial, and lamented the “broken” strategy erstwhile Mr Blake had walked free.

But the household of Mr Kaba accidental they are “devastated”, adding that the ruling gives the constabulary “impunity” to kill.

In the days aft his death, Mr Kaba's mum Helen Kaba said the "police person taken Chris from me" and "this is precise racist."

A fig of different figures person shown enactment for Mr Kaba since his death.

In September 2022, erstwhile Labour person Jeremy Corbyn posted connected X: "We cannot unrecorded the symptom felt by his family, but we tin enactment them successful demanding #JusticeForChrisKaba."

Rapper Stormzy besides joined protests pursuing Mr Kaba's death, saying successful September 2022: "Chris has a mother, helium has a family, helium has brothers, helium has friends, radical who knew him successful existent life, who for them, it's unbearable."

He added: "Everyone present today, I would promote everyone to person stamina.

"And I cognize it's a precise hard happening to say… But erstwhile these radical bash these things, they get distant with it, due to the fact that what happens is we bash this once, we get tired, we tweet, we get tired, we bash it for a week, we bash it for 2 weeks, we bash it for a month, and they cognize we get tired.

"What they've done is they've killed someone. We can't sugarcoat it."

Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Streatham Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy besides attended the lawsuit and person been captious of the Met pursuing Mr Kaba's death.

The Runnymede Trust, a British contention equality and civilian rights deliberation tank, posted connected X connected Monday: "The ineligible strategy doesn’t present existent justness for families bereaved by racist authorities violence.

"Since 1990 determination person been 1,904 deaths successful oregon pursuing constabulary custody oregon contact. In that time, lone 1 serviceman has been recovered blameworthy for manslaughter, and nary for murder."

However, immoderate person expressed enactment for the officer, including Conservative Party enactment hopeful Robert Jenrick.

He said connected Monday that the serviceman was a "hero" and should not person been charged.

Mr Jenrick said: “Martyn Blake, the firearms serviceman cleared today, was a leader who recovered himself fearing for his beingness and the beingness of his colleagues.

“His prosecution was incorrect and endangered the public. The ordeal helium has gone through, unthinkable. We indispensable backmost our brave constabulary officers, and not resistance them done the courts for making split-second decisions.”