Distrust of police and expectations of injustice common refrain after latest acquittal of an officer who shot dead unarmed black man

Distrust, disbelief and frustration is palpable on the streets around Electric Avenue. Here in Brixton, the buzzing heart of south London, news is sinking in that a police officer has been cleared of murdering an unarmed black man in the borough.

Chris Kaba, 24, was fatally shot in the head by firearms officer Martyn Blake, 40, during a vehicle stop in Streatham Hill on 5 September 2022. He was the fourth unarmed man to be shot dead by police in non-terrorist operations since 2005. All were black.