United Friends and Families Campaign
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United Friends and Families Campaign (UFFC) is a London
based coalition of campaigns by the friends and the families of people who have died in police custody, prisons and psychiatric hospitals and have not received justice. The aim of the coalition is to prevent such deaths from occurring and to bring an end to these deaths occurring.
The coalition supports the families to organise demonstrations, speak to the media, hold regular vigils outside police stations, demand inclusion in a policy conference about deaths in custody, and entreat the judicial system to respond to the massive evidence of police brutality.
In 1999 the group held the first Annual Remembrance Procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street, where a rally is held every year to demand justice from the Prime Minister and the government.
In July 2001, Migrant Media made the Injustice
film about deaths in police custody between 1969 and 1999, as a tribute to the organisation and as a documentary of the struggle for justice.
They supported the No shoot to kill campaign in 2005 after Jean Charles de Menezes
was shot and killed by SO19 under the Metropolitan Police
's shoot to kill policy.
The coalition includes the families of:
And the following campaigns:
Article on Injustice in the Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,535583,00.html
London
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based coalition of campaigns by the friends and the families of people who have died in police custody, prisons and psychiatric hospitals and have not received justice. The aim of the coalition is to prevent such deaths from occurring and to bring an end to these deaths occurring.
The coalition supports the families to organise demonstrations, speak to the media, hold regular vigils outside police stations, demand inclusion in a policy conference about deaths in custody, and entreat the judicial system to respond to the massive evidence of police brutality.
In 1999 the group held the first Annual Remembrance Procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street, where a rally is held every year to demand justice from the Prime Minister and the government.
In July 2001, Migrant Media made the Injustice
Injustice
Injustice is the lack of or opposition to justice, either in reference to a particular event or act, or as a larger status quo. The term generally refers to misuse, abuse, neglect, or malfeasance that is uncorrected or else sanctioned by a legal system. Misuse and abuse with regard to a particular...
film about deaths in police custody between 1969 and 1999, as a tribute to the organisation and as a documentary of the struggle for justice.
They supported the No shoot to kill campaign in 2005 after Jean Charles de Menezes
Jean Charles de Menezes
Jean Charles de Menezes was a Brazilian man shot in the head seven times at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts...
was shot and killed by SO19 under the Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan police
Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...
's shoot to kill policy.
The coalition includes the families of:
- Olaseni Lewis
- Sean Rigg
- Roger SylvesterRoger SylvesterRoger Sylvester was a mentally ill black man who died in north London after being detained outside his home in Tottenham by eight Metropolitan police officers...
- Leon PattersonLeon PattersonLeon Patterson was a 31 year-old man of mixed race who lived in north London and who died in police custody in Manchester, England.- Arrest :Arrested on 21 November 1992...
- Rocky Bennett
- Alton Manning
- Christopher Adler
- Brian Douglas
- Joy Gardener
- Aseta Simms
- Paul Jemmott
- Harry StanleyHarry StanleyHarry Stanley was a painter and decorator who was fatally shot by police in controversial circumstances.-Background:...
- Glen Howard
- Ricky Bishop
And the following campaigns:
- Simon Jones Memorial CampaignSimon Jones Memorial CampaignThe Simon Jones Memorial Campaign was set up after casual dock worker Simon Jones was decapitated in an industrial accident on April 24, 1998. He was working for Euromin on the south coast of England. The campaign argues that failure to train Simon for a dangerous job was tantamount to murder and...
- Jean Charles de MenezesJean Charles de MenezesJean Charles de Menezes was a Brazilian man shot in the head seven times at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts...
Campaign
Sources
Website: http://www.uffc.moonfruit.com/Article on Injustice in the Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,535583,00.html