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Roger Sylvester
On January 11th, 8 coppers went to Roger Sylvester's house after
being told that a naked man was "acting very strangely". He was
detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to St.Ann's hospital.
He was seen by a doctor who left the room. At some point during the
doctor's absence "Mr.Sylvester went all limp and it was obvious that
he had collapsed." He was then taken to Middlesex Hospital where he
died 7 days later.
Sylvester, aged 30, was the 42nd black person to die at the hands of
the police in the last decade. The Metropolitan Police are
responsible for 27 of those deaths. This will be an opportunity to
see if the Met have learned anything from the Stephen Lawrence case.
WE won't be holding our breath.