
Police apologise for killing black ex-footballer
Police have sent a written apology to the family of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson, six months after an officer who Tasered him and kicked him in the head was jailed for manslaughter. West Mercia’s Chief Constable Pippa Mills said she was “deeply sorry”. “A police uniform does not grant officers immunity to behave unlawfully or to abuse their powers,” she wrote. Read More