Sarah Thomas died while in custody at Stoke Newington police station. It can't be right for a piece of wood. Last weekend the family spoke out for the first time since the shooting. No one should die under these circumstances. For him to die of cancer I could handle, but for him to be shot by the police is not something I can take in or believe.
Anger is widespread throughout the local area.
At a public meeting called by the family on October 7, Mitch Dublin, a Unison Convenor at St. Andrews Road cleaning depot, reported a two-hour meeting by workers expressing their sympathy with the family. Collections have been made throughout the area. Hugh Callaghan of the Birmingham Six, who was falsely convicted of the bombing of a Birmingham pub by the IRA, said he was involved in a miscarriage of justice and was at the meeting to offer his support to the family. A resident of Gore Road said that the police had been in position for an hour before the murder. Several people called for a public inquiry into the shooting, as opposed to one conducted by the police.