Make believe: police accountability, lying and anti-blackness in the inquest of Sean Rigg

In 2008, Sean Rigg, a 40-year-old Black British man died in England and Wales police custody. It was not until 4 years later at the inquest that it transpired one of the police officers involved, the custody sergeant, PS Paul White gave false information. White had claimed he saw Rigg in the van upo...

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Main Author: Arthur, Carson Cole (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 362-379
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Accountability
Coroner’s Court
inquests
deaths in police custody
racial violence
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Summary:In 2008, Sean Rigg, a 40-year-old Black British man died in England and Wales police custody. It was not until 4 years later at the inquest that it transpired one of the police officers involved, the custody sergeant, PS Paul White gave false information. White had claimed he saw Rigg in the van upon his arrival however CCTV footage demonstrated this did not happen. Following a deconstructive approach this paper examined the inquest transcripts to explore how belief and the possibility of being mistaken was integral to the account White provided. It is the ambiguity of truth/fiction that is significant in legal investigations for it comes to produce the justifications for the deaths of Black people in England and Wales.
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ISSN:1741-6604
DOI:10.1177/17416590221131552