#5 BLM - Sheku Bayoh

About this episode

<p>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.</p><p>This is Sheku's story.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><p>Death in Custody: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bw8f21/disclosure-series-1-3-dead-in-police-custody">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bw8f21/disclosure-series-1-3-dead-in-police-custody</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53076269">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53076269</a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-52754957">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-52754957</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/16/sheku-bayoh-brother-shouldnt-have-died-like-this-inquiry-family%5C">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/16/sheku-bayoh-brother-shouldnt-have-died-like-this-inquiry-family\</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_drug">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_drug</a></p><p><a href="https://www.inquest.org.uk/sheku-bayoh-timeline-nov2019">https://www.inquest.org.uk/sheku-bayoh-timeline-nov2019</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.scot/news/inquiry-into-the-death-of-sheku-bayoh/">https://www.gov.scot/news/inquiry-into-the-death-of-sheku-bayoh/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.inquest.org.uk/">https://www.inquest.org.uk/</a></p>  <br><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>