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Kemi Badenoch has slammed Labour and accused them of 'insulting' black people over Chris Kaba's murder case.

The Tory leadership candidate, 44, fumed that the left wing 'narrative' was robbing them of their 'agency and autonomy' by creating a space where they 'cannot be anything other than victims'.

Sergeant Martyn Blake was found not guilty of his murder at the Old Bailey on Monday, after shooting Mr Kaba through the windscreen of an Audi Q8 as he tried to ram his way past police cars in Streatham, South London.

The family of Chris Kaba has said new policing reforms which would keep firearms officers' names secret if charged over shooting deaths feel like a 'punishment'.

The family's comments come after hundreds of people marched to Downing Street to deliver a handwritten note to Sir Keir Starmer and said they want to remind the Prime Minister of 'everybody's right to life'.

This interactive map lays bare the terrifying extent of gang activity across London after a police officer was left with a £10,000 bounty on his head for shooting dead known gang member Chris Kaba.

Hundreds of knife and gun-wielding gangs control 'territory' throughout the capital, including in neighbourhoods where houses are worth more than £1million.

The gangs, which often run extensive drug-dealing operations, sometimes groom children at school to join their life of crime, with promises of fast cars, fashionable clothes and 'respect'.

Wretch 32 caused fury today after claiming Chris Kaba was 'assassinated' and 'executed' by an officer, adding that the police are 'good at villainising a person'.

The rapper, real name Jermaine Scott, also said he would 'obviously like to pay my respects and hope that we get some justice for Chris Kaba and his family'.

Wretch 32 spoke out after Sergeant Martyn Blake was found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey on Monday, having shot Mr Kaba through the windscreen of an Audi Q8 as he tried to ram his way past police cars in Streatham, South London.

A Labour MP has provoked fury by accusing the media of poorly portraying Chris Kaba after his real identity as a notorious gangster was finally revealed following the acquittal of the police officer who shot him dead.

Kim Johnson told the House of Commons that the 'media are using racist gang tropes to justify the killing of Chris Kaba' - while other members of the party were urged to apologise after issuing statements supporting the criminal gang member.

Jeremy Corbyn, Sadiq Khan and Diane Abbott have been urged to apologise for supporting criminal gang member Chris Kaba after he was shot dead by police.

Reporting restrictions about the 24-year-old's violent past were dramatically lifted on Tuesday after firearms officer Martyn Blake was found not guilty of his murder.

But in the days and weeks that followed Mr Kaba's death in September 2022, several prominent Labour politicians called for 'justice' after he was gunned down and killed while trying to flee officers during a police stop in Streatham, South London.

The jury in the trial of the police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead was blocked by the judge from making a public statement on the case, it has emerged.

Martyn Blake was cleared at the Old Bailey on Monday of murdering the 24-year-old during a police stop in Streatham, South London, on September 5, 2022.

Before the jury delivered its not guilty verdict, members had sent a note to Mr Justice Goss asking for permission to also pass comment but this was denied.

A judge issued a chilling warning to Chris Kaba about his future three years before he was shot by a Met Police marksman.

Mr Kaba was shot dead by firearms officer Martyn Blake on September 5, 2022 following a police chase which saw him try to flee in an Audi Q8.

The fatal incident happened after armed police started tailing the vehicle, which had been used as a getaway car in a gang-related shooting the night before in Brixton, South London.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced firearms officers will have their identities kept secret during criminal trials involving police shootings after an armed sergeant was found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba.

Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted on Monday after shooting dead 24-year-old Mr Kaba in Streatham, south London, but has been forced to flee his home and go into hiding after gangsters put a £10,000 bounty on his head.

Chris Kaba was a 'core member' in the notorious '67' South London gang and a drill rapper who bragged on camera about knifing rivals, MailOnline can reveal today.

The 67, once championed by Tim Westwood and even nominated for a Music of Black Origin (Mobo) Award, are linked to shootings, stabbings and murders - as well as blackmail, extortion and running county lines drugs networks across the Home Counties.