The officers, who now face an internal disciplinary investigation, have returned to duty after being suspended for four years. "Anybody with any common sense knows monkey noises evidence of racial abuse," he added. Jea White basically interviews ME and gets MY take on No Simp September. My podcast takes an interesting turn this week. Featuring the legendary Jea White - USC alum and fearless leader. He said the missed monkey chants were just one example of a bungled case. APE NOISES Episode 12: No Simp September feat. It continued: "It is not possible to infer that there was a racist motivation here."īarrister Peter Herbert, a member of the attorney general's race advisory body, called for a public inquiry. In a letter to Ms Alder, the CPS says an expert determined the sounds on the tape to be "chimpanzee or monkey like". "It's typical of the racist, inhuman and disgraceful way they've treated my family and my brother. How could they miss it? They just wanted this to go away. Mr Alder's sister, Janet Alder, said: "West Yorkshire police and the CPS have seen everything. The CPS also said it could not be proved the monkey chanting was racist as someone could have been reacting or laughing at an officer who uttered the word "banana", shortly before the monkey chant is heard on the tape. Last night the CPS and West Yorkshire police, who investigated the case, refused to say whether any of the officers on the tape had been questioned about who made the noises.īut a source with knowledge of the investigation told the Guardian that the evidence was found so late none of the five officers was ever asked about the animal noises. The crown prosecution service said it never tried to have this evidence admitted because it could not be determined who was making the noises. Mr Alder's family are furious that this evidence was never put before the jury. Tapes from the custody suite cameras were seized in April 1998, but a section containing monkey chants and laughter was not investigated until March 2002, a fortnight before the trial began. Last month five Humberside policemen were cleared of manslaughter and neglect of public duty over the death.
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