The protest is one of many taking place across the UK, in areas including Manchester, Coventry and Southampton, as part of a National Day of Action organized by the Justice for Chris Kaba campaign. Police, the IOPC, are investigating what happened on September 5 when Kaba was shot and will look into whether race was a factor. Labor MP Bel Ribeiro-Andy tells the crowd that Campa’s family wants and has called for peace. Photo: Penelope Barritt/Rex/Shutterstock Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labor MP for Streatham, who has strongly supported Kaba’s family, criticized the fact that the firearms officer under investigation by the IOPC was not immediately sacked by the Met. “In any other profession, if you did something that ended someone’s life, they would be suspended immediately,” Ribeiro-Addy said. “It doesn’t make sense to me, and I’m a politician.” Speaking about Kaba’s family, Ribeiro-Addy also said there was some “dignity level shock” the family had when they made their demands. “All they want is justice … they have called for peace every time and have even called on people not to make statements against the monarchy,” Ribeiro-Andy said. He added: “They don’t want to see any unrest because they understand that this is the kind of violence that ended their son’s life.” Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the protest. Photo: Penelope Barritt/Rex/Shutterstock The protest was also attended by former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, as well as Marcia Rigg, the sister of Sean Rigg who died at Brixton Police Station in 2008 during a mental health crisis. Addressing the crowd, Rigg said: “Another black man needlessly shot dead by the Metropolitan Police… it shouldn’t take a death for us all to wake up again and take to the streets to fight for equal rights and justice.” A large number of people participated in the protest in London. Sally Thompson, 47, said she attended the protest because she wanted to support the Kampa family’s calls for justice. Archie Bland and Nimo Omer take you to the top stories and what they mean, free every weekday morning Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. “It was only through public pressure that they sent the officer in the first place, so I think it’s important for as many people as possible to come down here and demand justice,” Thompson said. Protesters wave signs during the demonstration. Photo: Penelope Barritt/Rex/Shutterstock Campa, who was 24 and about to become a father, was killed after a police chase in his car ended in Streatham Hill. His Audi plowed into two police vehicles on a narrow residential street and a round was fired from a police weapon. The Met officer involved has been suspended from the force. On Wednesday, the IOPC confirmed that Kaba’s family would be able to watch a police video from the night he was killed, which they will do next week. An inquest into Kamba’s death will begin on October 4.
