Until the early hours of Saturday 22 July 2017, Rashan Charles was a fit and healthy young man. He walked quickly into a convenience store on Kingsland Road, Hackney, followed by a Metropolitan Police officer who apprehended and restrained him. Within minutes Rashan lay dead on the floor.
Rashan was 20 years old. He was my great-nephew, my sister’s grandson.
Within hours of Rashan’s death someone posted video footage from the store’s CCTV cameras.*
