Apparently Kaba’s family have seen the bodycam footage and stopped being as vocal about his death afterwards. Understandably vocal imo as we all would be if one of our relatives or friends was shot by the Police.
The adage “lie down with dogs, you’re going to get fleas” springs to mind especially considering his previous form;
– four-year term in a young offender institution for possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
– Kaba was driving someone else’s car which had been involved in a shooting/ firearms offence the previous day/s – who knows if he was involved but he was a convicted guns and gangs criminal who was previously jailed for firearms offences. He would have been aware of the way Police will respond to armed crime.
– he’s made off from the Police – the blue lights and sirens are arguably an irrelevance – there were marked cars present and he’s reacted in a negative fashion- it’s a car chase blues or not
– he’s been boxed in and a load of uniformed police officers have jumped out of marked police cars in a lit up area and have pointed guns at him whilst shouting armed Police etc. He has then attempted to ram his way out which has ended up with him being shot once.
– witnesses have provided accounts and asked “why didn’t he just give up/stop?”
It’ll be interesting to see how the trial pans out. Legally justified shooting is my guess.
