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We should all be worshipping the rain gods by dancing naked in Brockwell Park. With any luck we'd even save the police some work by tripping over the bullets they were looking for.
 
The Voice has an account of the inquest into the death of Ian Taylor, aged 54, who had a heart attack in a police car while under arrest on Coldharbour Lane on June 29th 2019. He died in hospital later that day. The coroner is referring the conduct of a police officer to the IOPC. Mr Taylor suffered from asthma. He said "I can't breathe". Officers replied "stop acting up" and "grow up" 'I can't breathe' - cops left severely asthmatic black British man to die

I can't find a single mention of Mr Taylor anywhere on the web. I suppose this wasn't a death in custody, because he died in hospital, but it seems very strange that we've heard nothing about this guy in the last 3 years.

There was a fatal stabbing on CHL on that day, reported by Brixton Buzz. The victim also happened to be 54.
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Coldharbour Lane remains closed off after 54-year old man stabbed to death on Sat 29th June 2019

Shortly before 6pm last night, a fight broke out on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, near the junction with Moorlands Road, which resulted in a 54 year old man sustaining serious stab injuries. [Update: …
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Here's the Voice article in full:

A BLACK British man with severe asthma died after police failed to take him to the hospital despite knowing an ambulance was delayed, an inquest has found.


Ian Taylor, 54, from Brixton, south west London, pleaded for help as he became very short of breath whilst under arrest on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, on June 29, 2019.

Mr Taylor repeatedly told the all-white police officers he could not breathe and that he was going to die, but was left lying on the street without an inhaler, medical assistance or water – on one of the hottest days of the year, an inquest has heard.

A jury found that his death was caused by acute asthma and situational stress, alongside two underlying health conditions, with dehydration as a further contributing factor.

The inquest also found that he died in part because of the police’s assessment of the risks to Mr Taylor were not adequate.

An ambulance was called to the scene but was severely delayed due to the high levels of demand on that day.

The inquest heard the Met Police did not consider taking Mr Taylor to the hospital – which was two streets away, despite the police being allowed to drive detainees to hospital in exceptional circumstances, including where ambulances are severely delayed, and when it believed a person will die or seriously deteriorate if not taken to hospital immediately.

The officers did not believe Mr Taylor’s concerns and told him to “stop acting up” and to “grow up”.

One officer described Mr Taylor’s pleas for help as “all a load of nonsense”, the inquest heard.

The Coroner has announced he will be referring this officer to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for further investigation of his conduct.

Body worn video footage shown at the inquest showed Mr Taylor lying on the floor, telling officers his airways were closing up and that he needed his inhaler.

The police did look for his inhaler, but were unable to find it.

The court heard, after 25 minutes on the ground, Mr Taylor was moved to a police car, where he was told to “stop acting up and grow up.”

After only a few minutes in the car, Mr Taylor went into cardiac arrest and stropped breathing.

The officers pulled him out of the car and began performing CPR, until paramedics arrived and took over, but Mr Taylor died in hospital later that evening.

Hayley Chapman, Solicitor at Hodge Jones & Allen, representing Mr Taylor’s family said: “Ian Taylor fell seriously ill less than a mile away from King’s College Hospital, yet even though he was in the back of a police care decisions were made that denied him the life-saving care he needed.

“This is yet another case the Met Police have under-estimated the calls for help from a Black man in serious medical difficulty, with a tragic outcome.”

The court heard that the London Ambulance Service (LAS) was extremely busy at the time of the incident due to the hot weather that day, with temperatures reaching a high of 34C.

This led to the service holding all calls except the most urgent, meaning an ambulance was not available to be dispatched to Mr Taylor when the police first requested one.

An ambulance was allocated to Mr Taylor, but it was later diverted to a more urgent call.

The LAS have acknowledged the police should have been informed an ambulance was no longer on its way.

Mr Taylors’s cousin, Michael Cooper, said: “Watching the video footage of Ian fighting for breath and desperately pleading for help, but being dismissed and even mocked by police officers, is utterly devastating.

“The police ate trained to deal with situations like this, yet they did not do what anyone else would have done and drive him to a hospital that was three minutes away. No one in the UK from asthma and yet Ian did. How many more deaths will it take before the police take seriously a Black man who says he can’t breathe?”

In his concluding remarks, the Coroner said that he was surprised the officers did not automatically think about to distance to the hospital when assessing whether to take Mr Taylor there in the car.

The inquest concluded on Thursday.

The Voice has contacted the Metropolitan Police for a statement.
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ETA: while I was writing this ITV News published a story 'I can’t breathe, I'm dying': Asthma sufferer died begging police for help | ITV News

I've also found a statement from Mr Taylor's solicitor. CAUTION The details are horrifying. Worse than the article in the Voice Black British man with severe asthma dies in Brixton whilst under arrest by Met Police
 
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The ITV News story linked to in the above post is worth a watch. Amongst other things it says he was arrested because of the brawl outside the Domino club.

After reading all the stories and the solicitors' statement, my opinion is that the police who refused to give the guy some of their water treated him worse than they would a dog. The coroner said dehydration was one of the causes of his death. If they hadn't been so cruel he probably, IMO, wouldn't have had the heart attack and he'd be alive today. But the Met's statement is that "the officers acted in good faith and they did what they thought was best for the welfare of Mr Taylor". I'm going to write to my MP. I hope others will do the same.
 
David Clapson said:
The ITV News story linked to in the above post is worth a watch. Amongst other things it says he was arrested because of the brawl outside the Domino club.

After reading all the stories and the solicitors' statement, my opinion is that the police who refused to give the guy some of their water treated him worse than they would a dog. The coroner said dehydration was one of the causes of his death. If they hadn't been so cruel he probably, IMO, wouldn't have had the heart attack and he'd be alive today. But the Met's statement is that "the officers acted in good faith and they did what they thought was best for the welfare of Mr Taylor". I'm going to write to my MP. I hope others will do the same.
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This case turns out to have some similarities with the Sean Rigg case.

Sean Rigg had florid mental health issues on the Weir Estate and ended up suffocated to death by 4 police officers back of Brixton police station. His sister and others continued to raise the matter, the Community/Police consultative group took it up and it ended in a narrative verdict highlighting police misconduct which never seems to have been resolved.

In this Fluxus case stuff has come out at the inquest which normally would be glossed over. Look at the legal back-up there. Now what will happen on the policing side? I would suggest they will say "We will have a "lessons learned" review"

In the case of Sean Rigg's arresting officers - one of the four apparently took early retirement, I understand to go into the Church. I suppose charitably he may have not felt like continuing his police career - but the side effect was apparently to cease the possibility of disciplinary action.

I am still not clear what happened outside the Domino Club in 2019. This lawyer's statement about the case.
This does not square with what was reported at the time. Could almost be 2 different incidents.

See Southwark News:

MAN, 54, DIES AFTER ‘ASSAULT’ IN BRIXTON’S COLDHARBOUR LANE​

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JOSH SALISBURY (01 July, 2019)
Two men, aged 62 and 66, are currently in custody on suspicion of murder following the 'fight' on Saturday
www.southwarknews.co.uk

Man, 54, dies after ‘assault’ in Brixton’s Coldharbour Lane

Police have launched an investigation after a 54-year-old died after a 'fight' in Brixton. Two men, aged 62 and 66,
www.southwarknews.co.uk www.southwarknews.co.uk
 
David Clapson said:
The Voice has an account of the inquest into the death of Ian Taylor, aged 54, who had a heart attack in a police car while under arrest on Coldharbour Lane on June 29th 2019. He died in hospital later that day. The coroner is referring the conduct of a police officer to the IOPC. Mr Taylor suffered from asthma. He said "I can't breathe". Officers replied "stop acting up" and "grow up" 'I can't breathe' - cops left severely asthmatic black British man to die

I can't find a single mention of Mr Taylor anywhere on the web. I suppose this wasn't a death in custody, because he died in hospital, but it seems very strange that we've heard nothing about this guy in the last 3 years.

There was a fatal stabbing on CHL on that day, reported by Brixton Buzz. The victim also happened to be 54.
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Coldharbour Lane remains closed off after 54-year old man stabbed to death on Sat 29th June 2019

Shortly before 6pm last night, a fight broke out on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, near the junction with Moorlands Road, which resulted in a 54 year old man sustaining serious stab injuries. [Update: …
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Here's the Voice article in full:



ETA: while I was writing this ITV News published a story 'I can’t breathe, I'm dying': Asthma sufferer died begging police for help | ITV News

I've also found a statement from Mr Taylor's solicitor. CAUTION The details are horrifying. Worse than the article in the Voice Black British man with severe asthma dies in Brixton whilst under arrest by Met Police
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Article says police are trained to deal with people with health issues like asthma. Spot the signs. His breathing should have alerted them.

Yet they either ignored their training or some how it does not sink.

The recorded comments from the officers shows as far as they were all concerned was that he was faking it. Police " canteen culture" takes precedence.

It's this kind of uncaring banter that reminds me of the case of Charing cross police station.

It's not a matter of more training. As that's already in place.

Recent events- this death, the Sarah Everard/ policing of Clapham common and Charing cross police station show a deeply ingrained police culture of contempt for anyone who happens to cross their path.
 
In case anyone wants to contact their MP about Ian Taylor, here are some email addresses:

Dulwich and West Norwood, Helen Hayes, helen.hayes.mp@parliament.uk
Camberwell and Peckham, Harriet Harman, harriet.harman.mp@parliament.uk
Streatham, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, bell.ribeiroaddy.mp@parliament.uk
Vauxhall, Florence Eshalomi, florence.eshalomi.mp@parliament.uk

People may also wish to raise this at the next MOPAC meeting on June 16th. Here's the invitation email:

We are pleased to let you know that the next Public Review Meeting for the Mayor’s Action Plan for Transparency, Accountability and Trust in Policing will be taking place in the London Borough of Lambeth, on Thursday 16th June from 6-8pm.

This will be the sixth public review meeting and forms an important part of our community-led scrutiny and oversight programme for this city-wide work to improve trust and confidence in policing for London’s Black communities. This meeting will focus on the Metropolitan Police’s recent pilot into recording road traffic stops, and will also form a key part of our consultation around what a future framework for improved engagement and oversight of policing should look like going forwards.

This will be a hybrid event, and you are welcome to join us either in person or online via Zoom. More information on the venue and the link to join us via Zoom will be sent to all registered delegates nearer the time. Please indicate when you register whether you would like to join in person or virtually so that we can have an idea of numbers.

We will only be able to admit registered attendees for this meeting, so if you would like to attend, please register via Eventbrite here: Mayor of London - Action Plan for improving trust & confidence in policing Tickets, Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

We hope you will consider joining us for this important event, and in the meantime we are also pleased to attach feedback from the previous event in this series which was held at Culture House, home of the Anti-Tribalism Movement in Shepherd’s Bush on 24th March.
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I disturbed some chancer trying to get into my bike locker at home last night. If he had been smart he would have checked the padlocks - because there were none and it's unlocked. Not only that, it's not fixed to the ground because I've temporarily moved it to repair a fence. So when he tried to lever the unlocked lid off, the whole locker came off the ground and knocked over a stack of empty gas cannisters leant against it, making a far more effective din than any alarm. In any case, total contents: 1no. 50yr old toolbox filled with old bike bits which "might come in useful one day" and 1no. rusty bike car rack. The rotter popped his hood up and leapt over a 6' fence before I could tear myself away from the Great British Sewing Bee and shout "Oi!".
 
GarveyLives said:
The Metrpolitan Police have now reported that officers investigating the fatal stabbing of Shane Jerome in Brixton last Wednesday have charged a man.

Earlier today, Brandon Aldon McNeil, 18 (01.11.2002) of Lollard Street, SE11 was charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a private place.

He is due to appear before Bromley Magistrates' Court on Saturday 31 July 2021.
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At the Old Bailey on 27 May 2022, Brandon Aldon McNeil was sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he serve at least 24 years in prison, having previously pleaded guilty to murder, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon. When police searched his home following the discovery of forensic evidence showing that he was at the murder scene, they found a number of knives and he had made rap videos bragging about his life of crime and boasted of his skill with knives in a film made a week after the murder. His own counsel said that Brandon Aldon McNeil had an "unhealthy interest in knives" and was an "habitual knife carrier" who had been the victim of human trafficking at a young age before becoming involved in gangs as a young teenager after expulsion from school.
 
Life sentence for the fucker who stabbed the quad bike rider during filming of a rap video last July. He was caught because he left a palm print on the Lamborghini. Sounds like he had nothing to say about his motive. (The police said "We believe the attack was linked to gang rivalry, as part of the music video was filmed on a gang’s ‘territory") Teenager jailed for stabbing man to death in Brixton

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Teen sentenced to life for murder of motorcyclist during music video shoot

Brandon McNeil was told he will serve a minimum of 24 years for the attack on Shane Jerome, 23, who was riding his motorbike in Brixton, south London, on July 21 last year
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Brixton music video stabbing: Teenager jailed for life

Brandon McNeil stabbed Shane Jerome in the heart as he took part in a rap music video in Brixton.
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Teenager jailed for life after stabbing motorcyclist to death during making of music video

The victim's girlfriend Seleka Gathercole told the judge how she had watched him die and that she now suffered from flashbacks.
news.sky.com news.sky.com
 
That’s quite bonkers, eh.

No.
Our Albert is a Prince amongst pub.
 

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Relevant to Brixton. I know someone whose Uncle was caught up in the Windrush scandal.

As part of dealing with the fallout from it a report by unnamed historian ( I can take a guess who it is) was made to educate government officials about how the Windrush scandal happened.

Despite being signed off it's never been made public.

In short its not saying anything new. Not a criticism. In my view its just officially stating what is already known. The difference being this is a government agreed paper for its top officials. That the immigration policies in this country have always been racist. That this was bound up with racist British Empire.

The British Empire was racist.


www.theguardian.com

Windrush scandal caused by ‘30 years of racist immigration laws’ – report

Exclusive: legislation has been designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population, according to leaked government paper
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GarveyLives said:
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(Source: as stated in image)​

At the Old Bailey on 27 May 2022, Brandon Aldon McNeil was sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he serve at least 24 years in prison, having previously pleaded guilty to murder, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon. When police searched his home following the discovery of forensic evidence showing that he was at the murder scene, they found a number of knives and he had made rap videos bragging about his life of crime and boasted of his skill with knives in a film made a week after the murder. His own counsel said that Brandon Aldon McNeil had an "unhealthy interest in knives" and was an "habitual knife carrier" who had been the victim of human trafficking at a young age before becoming involved in gangs as a young teenager after expulsion from school.
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This poor kid. A fucked up life from the start by the look of things. Sentenced to serve a prison life from very early.
I wish it was possible to properly intervene soon enough. It would save the victims as well as the perpetrators.
 
MBV said:
Is this the same Albert pub I read about on here?

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I saw that video somewhere and it was captioned as E3 so east London. Would love to have known what started that. Can't understand why some people helped push them off - I'd have just left them hooked over the front of the other car with their wheels spinning...
 
If anyone's near the Albert, "On Monday, if you visit a Greene King pub, you can receive a pint of Greene King’s IPA for 6p when using the secret code word ‘1952’ at the bar."
 
r0bb0 said:
If anyone's near the Albert, "On Monday, if you visit a Greene King pub, you can receive a pint of Greene King’s IPA for 6p when using the secret code word ‘1952’ at the bar."
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Thanks for that but I'd still rather walk to the Old Dispensary on a Monday night.
 
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