Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had asked for an “urgent explanation of this distressing incident” and called for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to investigate. “This is how the police think they can treat a 62-year-old black man in Tottenham but this 1 happens to be my dad #Nojusticenopeace,” he tweeted. Britain has been rocked by days of anti-racism protests, some of them violent, sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in US police custody. Lawrence’s father Neville, who spent years fighting for justice, said the reforms needed have “fallen way, way short”. “As officers entered the premises, a man came downstairs and started moving towards an officer suddenly,” the statement said.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2020 12:22 UTC