About this episode
In this month's episode of our Black Lives Matter series, we discuss the death of Sheku Bayoh in the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy. Sheku died after he was pepper-sprayed and restrained by 4 police officers in 2015. The police cover-up, scandal and public inquiry that followed has made Sheku's death one of Scotland's most notorious cases. This is Sheku's story. Sources: Death in Custody: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bw8f21/disclosure-series-1-3-dead-in-police-custody https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53076269 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-52754957 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/16/sheku-bayoh-brother-shouldnt-have-died-like-this-inquiry-family\ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_drug https://www.inquest.org.uk/sheku-bayoh-timeline-nov2019 https://www.gov.scot/news/inquiry-into-the-death-of-sheku-bayoh/ https://www.inquest.org.uk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .