Woman's Own

WHEN WILL THE BRUTALITY STOP?

Through agonising sobs, Helen Nkama said, ‘My heart is broken. I am speechless. My heart is broken.’ The grief-stricken mother was being interviewed about the death of her 24-year-old son, Chris Kaba. A soon-to-be father, he was unarmed and shot dead by police while driving in south London on 5 September.

And sadly, many more mothers like Helen have lost their sons – young men who had futures ahead of them.

SINGLED OUT?

Amid allegations of racial profiling, police stop-and-search figures rose between 2019-2020, particularly in the capital. In fact,

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