'We just want answers' – George Nkencho's family say he 'won't be able to rest' until cops involved in death face trial | 901UT3W | 2024-05-10 00:08:01
SHOT George Nkencho "won't be able to rest" until the cops involved in his death face trial, his family say.
The Nkencho clan staged a protest at the Department of Justice today after the Director of Public Prosecutions recently ruled no charges will be brought against officers involved in the shooting.
Tragic George was blasted multiple times by officers in a stand-off outside his home in Clonee, west Dublin, on December 30, 2020.
The 27-year-old was gunned down in his front garden after allegedly threatening cops with a knife.
Cops said they felt threatened when he refused to put down the knife and attempts at non-lethal ways of disarming him failed.
But George's relatives insist he was suffering from mental health issues and slammed the level of force used by gardai.
It emerged last week the DPP has directed that the gardai involved in the fatal shooting will not face criminal prosecution.
The DPP's decision came after they examined a file completed by the Garda Ombudsman who probed the circumstances of George's death.
Today the furious Nkencho family staged a protest at the offices of the Department of Justice in St Stephen's Green, Dublin.
And vowing to appeal the DPP ruling, George's mum Blessing told the Irish Sun she believes the officers involved in her son's shooting should face a public trial.
She declared: "George won't be able to rest until we get justice."
The Nkencho family called for the DPP to "urgently" outline the reasons for its decision not to bring charges against any officer.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> And George's loved ones are demanding access to the garda watchdog's report into the shooting, saying "there can be no sealing of the truth".
Speaking to the Irish Sun, George's brother Victor maintained there are "many unanswered questions" over the killing of his sibling.
And Victor says a trial is "the best way" to get "transparency" and "justice".
'We just want answers'
He told the Irish Sun: "Put the evidence before a court and let a jury decide.
"We just want answers."
Various groups including Youth Against Racism & Inequality, Black and Irish, Irish Network Against Racism and United Against Racism joined members of the Nkencho family at the protest outside the Department of Justice.
Victor told us: "We will never give up on our fight for justice for George. We will fight to the end, the very end."
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