Streatham MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP and Harriet Harman MP, Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham, have issued a statement calling for the immediate suspension of the police officer who shot dead an unarmed Chris Kaba in Streatham last week.
The statement reads:
South London MPs call for suspension of Met officer who shot dead Chris Kaba
At an (online) meeting yesterday morning between the Metropolitan police, Amanda Pearson Met Police Gold Assistant Commissioner, Colin Wingrove BCU Borough Commander and London MPs about the shooting dead by police of Chris Kaba last Thursday, Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Member of Parliament for Streatham where the shooting took place, and Harriet Harman MP, Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham and for the bereaved parents, are calling for the Met police to immediately suspend the officer who fired the fatal bullet:
“This is a matter which could not be more serious. A young man has lost his life and our sympathies are with his parents and his family. It is incomprehensible that the officer who killed Chris Kaba is not suspended.
The family, the local community and we as MPs want to see a swift response in recognition of the utmost seriousness of this.
Chris’ death was on Monday, it is now Sunday and the officer has yet to be suspended.
We are calling on the Met to suspend the officer today. Even moving him out of firearms duties or into back-room duties would not be sufficient in view of the seriousness of this matter. It must be suspension and it must be now.”
Background:
Chris Kaba was fatally shot by armed Metropolitan Police Officers in Streatham Hill on the night of Monday 5th September.
He was 24 years old and shortly due to become a father. The Independent Office for Police Conduct has announced that it will investigate the shooting as a homicide. The officer who fired has been removed from operational duties.
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