Exclusive: family accuse IOPC of failing to properly investigate Met officers who Tasered Oladeji Omishore
The family of Oladeji Omishore, who drowned in June shortly after he was shot with a stun gun by police, are taking the police watchdog to the high court in a test case, accusing them of failing to properly investigate the officers involved.
Omishore, 41, who lived close to Chelsea Bridge in south-west London, had stepped out of his home on 4 June this year when the incident happened. He was experiencing a mental health crisis, which his family say police should have tried to de-escalate. Two officers discharged their Tasers multiple times, Omishore fled and jumped into the Thames and drowned.
Exclusive: family accuse IOPC of failing to properly investigate Met officers who Tasered Oladeji OmishoreThe family of Oladeji Omishore, who drowned in June shortly after he was shot with a stun gun by police, are taking the police watchdog to the high court in a test case, accusing them of failing to properly investigate the officers involved.Omishore, 41, who lived close to Chelsea Bridge in south-west London, had stepped out of his home on 4 June this year when the incident happened. He was experiencing a mental health crisis, which his family say police should have tried to de-escalate. Two officers discharged their Tasers multiple times, Omishore fled and jumped into the Thames and drowned. Continue reading…
