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Bayoh family faced ‘institutional racism’ and ‘inequality of arms’ in search for justice
Supporters of Skehu Bayoh outside Capital House, Edinburgh, where evidential hearings are due to recommence for the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh who died in May 2015 after he was restrained by officers responding to a call in Kirkcaldy, Fife, October 1, 2024
“At local level, it’s different."
THE family of Sheku Bayoh faced an “inequality of arms” and “institutional racism” as they took on the police and prosecutors to seek truth and justice, according to their solicitor Aamer Anwar today.
Mr Anwar made the remarks as he gave evidence at the inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Bayoh and the role racism played in it.
Mr Bayoh, dubbed “Scotland’s George Floyd,” died in Kirkcaldy on May 3 2015 of asphyxiation after being pepper-sprayed, beaten to the ground, and then bound beneath six police officers.
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