Judge rules ‘violent and self-harming’ boy, 12, who was forcibly restrained on children’s ward to protect medics from him must be moved to ‘appropriate accommodation’ Mr Justice MacDonald said boy is subjected to chemical and physical restraint The child had hurt nurses and staff and left other patients frightened, judge said At times, he was … Read more
Police watchdog launches probe as man, 44, is left in a critical condition after being restrained by Met officers at his home following a call-out to a disturbance Officers called to a property in Haringey, north London, at 7.30pm on Thursday A man appeared to be unwell and distressed was restrained by officers Ambulance crews … Read more
The mother of a black man who died after he was restrained by officers has told an inquest he had a fear of police as he had been ‘mistreated’ and Tasered in the past. Kevin Clarke died in police custody at Lewisham Hospital in March 2018, following an incident in the Polsted Road area of … Read more
The Duchess of Sussex sounded like the ‘old Meghan’ in her speech on George Floyd‘s death, a friend has told Vanity Fair. Meghan, 38, this week delivered a virtual address to graduating pupils at her old school, Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, in which she also named other African Americans who were killed … Read more