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Met police officer cleared of Chris Kaba’s murder

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Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake has been found not guilty of the murder of Chris Kaba. Blake shot the 24-year-old dead during a police stop in Streatham, south London in 2022. Kaba’s family said the verdict was "painful proof that our lives are not valued by the system". We’re joined by Chris Kaba’s local MP, Bell Ribeiro-Addy. Also tonight: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken heads to Israel as part of his eleventh visit to the Middle East since the October 7th attacks. Nine years after one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, a mass civil claim begins at the High Court in London. We speak to one of the claimants.And as a New Zealand airport introduces a limit of three minutes per hug, we ask how long a good hug should last. (Picture: People gather outside the Old Bailey after British police officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of the 2022 murder of Chris Kaba, October 21, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Jaimi Joy)
21 Oct 5PM English United Kingdom TV & Film

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