The sister of a black man who died after being restrained by police in Fife has stated Scotland is a racist nation.
Kadi Johnson made the remark as an inquiry into the dying of her brother, Sheku Bayoh, is below means in Edinburgh.
The 31-year-old died after being held by officers who have been responding to a name in Kirkcaldy in Could 2015.
Ms Johnson instructed the inquiry earlier this week she not feels secure residing in Scotland after her brother's dying, and he or she fears for her youngsters and nieces and nephews.
She, and her household, consider race performed a job in Mr Bayoh's dying.
"Scotland is a spot that I as soon as beloved and I felt secure in, however since my brother's dying I do not really feel secure anymore," Ms Johnson instructed the BBC's The Sunday Present.
Requested if Scotland was a racist nation, she made a stern facial features earlier than replying: "Sure, I'm afraid I'll say sure.
"As a result of the way in which 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 instructed me from the beginning, so there is not any belief, I do not belief them anymore."
She spoke about her expertise with racism in relation to police, however stated it additionally components in different components of her life equivalent to college and within the office.
"Scotland nonetheless has lots 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 each day.
"It's completely different from a white individual and we've seen it in our workplaces, our faculties."
Ms Johnson added: "For this to vary, it begins from the grassroots, which is the colleges. Begin from the colleges and work your means up as a result of it is taking place there.
"Black and ethnic minority youngsters are experiencing that and it goes as much as us, the adults."
Earlier this week, the general public inquiry heard Chief Constable Iain Livingstone believes that Police Scotland must be "anti-racist".
Maria Maguire QC, representing him, instructed the listening to: "The chief constable is conscious that it isn't sufficient to be alert to racism and cope with it on a case-by-case foundation in the case of gentle.
"Neither is it sufficient merely to be non-racist. Police Scotland must be anti-racist."
The inquiry additionally heard Mr Livingstone had been "powerfully affected" by phrases from Ms Johnson.
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