ITV News published this video item, entitled “Police apologise for ‘significant failings’ over death of Leon Briggs | ITV News” – below is their description.
A police chief has apologised for “significant failings” after an inquest jury found the death of a mixed-race man was partly caused by the way officers restrained him.
More than seven years after his death, an inquest jury found the force and technique used by Bedfordshire Police officers in restraining Leon Briggs face down on the pavement before taking him into custody “more than minimally contributed to his death”.
However the family of Leon Briggs said the fact the jury’s conclusion fell short of a verdict of unlawful killing has “not brought the closure we wanted”
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