Woman calls Scotland ‘racist country’ after brother died being restrained by police

Sheku Bayoh, 31, died after being held by officers who have been responding to a name in Kirkcaldy, Fife (Image: BBC/AP)

The sister of Sheku Bayoh who died after being restrained by police has stated Scotland is a racist nation.

Kadi Johnson made the remark as an inquiry into the demise of her brother will get underneath approach in Edinburgh.

The 31-year-old died after being held by officers who have been responding to a name in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in Could 2015.

Ms Johnson advised the inquiry final week she not feels secure residing in Scotland after her brother’s demise, and he or she fears for her youngsters, nieces and nephews.

She, and her household, imagine race performed a job in Mr Bayoh’s demise.

‘Scotland is a spot I as soon as liked and I felt secure in however, since my brother’s demise, I don’t really feel secure any extra,’ Ms Johnson advised the BBC’s The Sunday Present.

Requested if Scotland was a racist nation, she replied: ‘Sure, I'm afraid I'll say sure.

‘Scotland nonetheless has quite a lot of work to do round racism,’ Ms Johnson stated (Image: Deadline Information/REX/Shutterstock)

‘As a result of the best way we've been handled, when my brother died, as an alternative of the police coming to inform me precisely how my brother died, it was simply lies they advised me from the beginning, so there’s no belief, I don’t belief them any extra.’

She spoke about her expertise with racism in relation to the police, however stated it additionally performs a think about different elements of her life similar to faculty and within the office.

‘Scotland nonetheless has quite a lot of work to do round racism,’ Ms Johnson stated. ‘We who're in it really feel it. We all know what we're going by way of each day.

‘It's completely different from a white particular person and we've seen it in our workplaces, our faculties.’

‘It's completely different from a white particular person and we've seen it in our workplaces, our faculties,’ she stated (Image: Deadline Information/REX/Shutterstock)

Ms Johnson added: ‘For this to vary, it begins from the grassroots, which is the faculties.

‘Begin from the faculties and work your approach up as a result of it’s taking place there.

‘Black and ethnic minority youngsters are experiencing that and it goes as much as us, the adults.’

Analysis by charity Present Racism the Purple Card printed revealed there have been 2,251 racist incident studies in Scotland’s faculties over the earlier three years.

The general public inquiry has heard Police Scotland chief constable Iain Livingstone say he believes the pressure must be ‘anti-racist’.

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