The household of Sheku Bayoh has known as for public assist at a vigil to be held on the day an inquiry into his loss of life begins.
In a message launched seven years to the day after he died whereas being arrested by law enforcement officials in Kirkcaldy, Bayoh's sister Kadi Johnson stated her brother had been "criminalised, stereotyped and smeared".
Bayoh died aged 31 whereas being taken into police custody on Might 3 2015. A autopsy discovered he had a number of accidents.
Johnson and the household's lawyer Aamer Anwar have requested supporters to collect at a peaceable vigil to be held in Edinburgh subsequent week in Competition Sq. - at the beginning of a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Bayoh's loss of life.
In a video shared on Twitter Johnson, who has fought tirelessly for solutions following her brother's loss of life, stated: "4 officers confronted Sheku as he walked open-handed and unarmed down the highway.
"Why did they not de-escalate the scenario? Once they put my brother's physique within the ambulance he was nonetheless shackled like a slave.
"He was criminalised, stereotyped and smeared.
"We the household want your sensible assist to proceed to boost consciousness and we hope you'll attend the primary of many peaceable vigils."
Sierra Leone-native and father-of-two Bayoh had moved to Scotland 5 years previous to his loss of life and was coaching to be a gasoline engineer.
Officers surrounded him after members of the general public known as 999 reporting a person with a knife on the street.
He was then restrained by plenty of officers and misplaced consciousness. Cops tried to revive him however he was pronounced useless at hospital.
The loss of life in custody sparked a livid response from Bayoh's household and an investigation by police watchdogs, however Scotland's high lawyer the Lord Advocate dominated that not one of the officers concerned can be prosecuted.
Nevertheless, the Scottish Authorities later introduced the public inquiry, chaired by retired decide Lord Bracadale, proof hearings for which is able to start on Might 10.
Preliminary hearings had been held in November final yr and in February.
The probe will search to ascertain precisely how Bayoh died, how investigations had been carried out afterwards and whether or not police actions had been influenced by his race.
It has already courted anger after legal professionals for the Scottish Police Federation unsuccessfully fought to guard cop witnesses from prosecution earlier this yr.
Lawyer Aamer Anwar, who represents Bayoh's household, has praised the household's resilience of their ongoing combat for justice.
He stated within the social media clip: "I by no means knew Sheku Bayoh. He wasn't a wealthy man or a robust man with a lot of connections.
"However he had a cussed household - all of whom have refused to be patronised, bullied, lied to or silenced.
"Six police autos at Kirkcaldy Police Workplace responded to an alert following calls from members of the general public.
"We all know that inside 42 seconds of the primary law enforcement officials being on the scene that Sheku was face down on the bottom. He misplaced consciousness and he died.
"Sheku's physique was coated with a number of separate accidents: bruises, cuts, lacerations and a damaged rib.
"A public inquiry is because of happen beginning on Tuesday 10 Might in Edinburgh.
"The useless can't cry out for justice, however it's the responsibility of the residing to take action for them."
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