MAN DOWN

On 08/09/22 Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old Black man was shot dead by Armed Police after a car chase in Streatham, South London. He was soon to be a Father; he was a rapper now he lies dead somewhere in a morgue. This isn’t the first time British Police officers have shot to kill. No doubt it is not as frequent as in the USA but each time here in the UK is still a shock.

BLACK COMMUNITY IN MOUNING

His car was chased because there was intel on it. It was forcibly stopped and gunfire through the back window, killed Chris and injured a passenger. No doubt remembering Mark Duggan the Police quickly suspended the officer. Now we are told that the Police Union will support the Officer, which is not a surprise, that’s why staff pay dues, to be supported

What the Black community and Chris’s family want now is JUSTICE. Whether they will get it is another matter. At least with Chris no gun was found, as in the Duggan case. Although many believe that the gun was planted. We need to safeguard our communities from injustices from the Police.

I personally believed that the intel led to an innocent Black man’s death. Intel isn’t always correct as we know from the ‘Gangs Matrix’.

JUSTICE FOR CHRIS KABA and all the others that have been killed by UK Police. But what we have to do is be PRO-ACTIVE, put in place schemes, rites of passage programs, funding by ourselves to educate and train our young. We need to let them know who they are, not who this society tells them that they are, with negative stereotypes. Many of our children are living these stereotypes, we need to CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.

Help me to change it, I am Akilah,

Take Care till next time.