June 2021 will mark 15 years since the launch of 4WardEverUK in 2006 by Tippa Naphtali the cousin of Mikey Powell, who was killed in the custody of West Midlands police, Birmingham, UK in September 2003.
June 2021 will mark 15 years since the launch of 4WardEverUK in 2006 by Tippa Naphtali the cousin of Mikey Powell, who was killed in the custody of West Midlands police, Birmingham, UK in September 2003.
Mikey’s cousin, Tippa Naphtali, has written the following article marking 15th years since his death.
A long-awaited report into deaths in police custody says families have been failed by the system.
More than 500 black and ethnic minority individuals have died in suspicious circumstances while in state detention over 24 years, but not a single official has been prosecuted.