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-custody
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53076269
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-52754957
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_drug
https://www.inquest.org.uk/sheku-bayoh-timeline-nov2019
https://www.gov.scot/news/inquiry-into-the-death-of-sheku-bayoh/
