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The Met Police officer who killed an unarmed man in south London in 2022 has been acquitted of murder. Martyn Blake shot dead Chris Kaba after he tried to ram his way out of a police stop while driving a car linked to a shooting the previous day. Met commissioner Mark Rowley says the fact the case went to court shows that the system for holding officers to account is “broken”.
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