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0:00:12 > 0:00:13Good evening.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19A police officer who was removed from doing any work with the public,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22after a suspect he was apprehending in Dalston died, has been
0:00:22 > 0:00:26told no legal action will be taken against him.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29The Crown Prosecution Service made the decision, months
0:00:29 > 0:00:31after the police watchdog itself, recommended that the officer
0:00:31 > 0:00:34should be suspended.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Here's Frankie McCamley.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41He was the third young black man to die within the space of five weeks
0:00:41 > 0:00:43in the capital, following contact with the police.
0:00:43 > 0:00:4820-year-old Rashan Charles was the passenger in a car
0:00:48 > 0:00:49being chased by officers.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52He got out and ran into a local convenience store.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54CCTV footage from this shop where the arrest took place, shows
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Mr Charles walking in around 1:45am, pursued by a uniformed
0:00:58 > 0:01:03police officer. There is a struggle on the floor.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Another man in plainclothes is seen helping.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Mr Charles is handcuffed and taken to hospital by paramedics.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13But just over an hour later, he was pronounced dead.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16His death caused upset and anger in the area.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20The fragile trust in the police was put under intense strain.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25Peaceful protests descended into riots.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29After an investigation by the Crown Prosecution Service
0:01:29 > 0:01:31into whether the officer involved in the arrest could be charged,
0:01:31 > 0:01:36a spokesperson has said:
0:01:45 > 0:01:49The family, of course, are devastated, angry and
0:01:49 > 0:01:53upset that once again they've been denied an opportunity to
0:01:53 > 0:01:55access justice.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The statement from the CPS follows the IPCC
0:01:58 > 0:02:02recommendation that the officer should be suspended.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It's just reinforced people's stereotypes and
0:02:04 > 0:02:08perception that the police are untouchable and members of the black
0:02:08 > 0:02:12community are expendable items.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13The cause of Rashan Charles' death is still not clear.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19An inquest will take place in June.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21A man has been arrested after allegedly urinating into the QPR
0:02:21 > 0:02:26goalkeeper's water bottle. A video on social media showed
0:02:26 > 0:02:29a man throw a bottle on to the pitch behind the QPR goal
0:02:29 > 0:02:33during their match against Middlesbrough yesterday.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35It's believed the bottle may have been taken earlier
0:02:35 > 0:02:37by a pitch invader.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Police say a man was arrested and will appear
0:02:39 > 0:02:42in court next month.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Levels of knife crime in London are soaring,
0:02:45 > 0:02:46with fatal stabbings at their highest rate
0:02:46 > 0:02:49for nearly a decade.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Politicans and police say they're working hard to find a solution -
0:02:53 > 0:02:57but a place which was the most violent place in the developed world
0:02:57 > 0:02:58could hold the answer.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick getting her hands
0:03:00 > 0:03:05dirty looking for knives in London this week.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07She is desperate to cut the number of weapons on our
0:03:07 > 0:03:12streets, and the experience of Scotland could hold the answer.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Glasgow in particular was suffering an epidemic of violence and knife
0:03:16 > 0:03:19crime until around a decade ago.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22It was just like the problem London has
0:03:22 > 0:03:25now, but on an even bigger scale.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28One of the hundreds of stabbings every year was carried out
0:03:28 > 0:03:30by Desmond.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I was in a fight in Glasgow. I stayed in Hope House.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36I was selling drugs, and someone tried to take my drugs of me.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38So I had to pull my knife out.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39But now those figures have nosedived
0:03:39 > 0:03:41and it's being credited to believing that knife
0:03:41 > 0:03:45crime as a health issue.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Essentially the public health approach involves
0:03:46 > 0:03:49trying to decide what your problem is, so you obviously need some data
0:03:49 > 0:03:51and some analysis.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54You then look at what interventions might work to deal with the problem.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57You test them out. And then if they work, you scale
0:03:57 > 0:04:00them up and try to reach as many people as you possibly can.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02The public health approach was supported
0:04:02 > 0:04:06by the Scottish authorities, and within a few years of violent crime
0:04:06 > 0:04:10had dropped to a 50 year low, with handling an offensive
0:04:10 > 0:04:15weapon down by nearly 70%.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Scotland is very different to London.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18We have 32 boroughs and different mechanisms
0:04:18 > 0:04:19of governance.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22But absolutely, we want to make sure that we have this
0:04:22 > 0:04:25public health approach alongside really good effective enforcement.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28It will take time to see whether the new scheme is as
0:04:28 > 0:04:30successful as it was in Scotland.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33But even the possibility of changing knife culture is an attractive one
0:04:33 > 0:04:36to the authorities.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41A look at the weather, and after the rain and snow we had
0:04:41 > 0:04:43today, tomorrow any showers will move away in the morning.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48The temperature will reach a high of 10 celsius.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49That's it.
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0:04:51 > 0:04:51But from the weekend team, have a very good night.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55But from the weekend team, have a very good night.