The mother of a young man who was killed by prolonged restraint on a mental health ward has called for the police officers involved to be prosecuted, after an inquest concluded that excessive force contributed to his death. Man who died after police restraint was 'gentle giant', court told Read moreIn a narrative conclusion given after the coroner ruled out a finding of unlawful killing, the jury identified a litany of failures by both police and medical staff that contributed to Lewis’s death. A doctor then failed to respond when Lewis became unresponsive and his heart rate slowed dramatically during the second period of restraint. “Officers knew the dangers of this restraint but chose to go against clear, unequivocal training. Evidence heard at this inquest begs the question of how racial stereotyping informed Seni’s brutal treatment.”A Health and Safety Executive investigation into Lewis’s death is pending following the conclusion of the inquest.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2017 16:23 UTC