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Reggae Star Dies During Police Drugs Raid

British reggae star DJ Smiley Culture has died during a police drugs raid on his home.

The musician, real name David Emmanuel, 48, apparently died from self-inflicted wounds.

Alba, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link

:(

dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link

12 Smiley Culture Police Officer Dec 1984

I have no words.

Mark G, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link

"Self-inflicted wounds" during a drugs raid?

RIP.

Matt DC, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link

The 'comments' section...

"oh no we must not prejudge the conduct of the police, oh no. Also, lol he may have slipped on a bit of toast in the kitchen. But seriously folks, our police are wonderful, probably..."

Mark G, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link

Commenters on The Voice website a tad sceptical too:

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=19141

I've been dancing since 9 and I'm tired and hungry (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link

"The musician, real name David Emmanuel, 48, apparently died from self-inflicted wounds."

Stop shooting yourself, stop shooting yourself. </Nelson voice>

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link

http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/138/682/917/PFnx.jpg

piscesx, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link

Fucking pig bastards

RIP Smiley

The north-east's Number 2 children's party magician (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link

RIP, love this dude

mixtape for after you get shawcrossed (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link

me & my little brother played 'Police Officer' almost nonstop for weeks
thx Smiley

zappi, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link

legalise it

rip smiley

Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link

remember trying to find police officer anywhere backinaday. rip.

this country is domed (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link

wtf alex in sf

what do it take to be a legend like noz is? (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link

Sorry that was in poor taste. Obviously this is awful.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link

Fucking pig bastards

RIP Smiley

Indeed, fucking disgraceful. RIP Smiley.

Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:25 (thirteen years ago) link

two years pass...

inquest has cleared things up, self-inflicted stab wound to the chest, fuck em.

woof, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link

is there a good summary of the details of this case

Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link

pretty sure they're never going to come out

not that it even matters, but did the police find what they stormed his house to look for? none of this makes sense.

my eventual wife (stevie), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link

seems to be a reflexive response to 'why would he stab himself' which is rather strange, though it would be rather strange for the police to stab him too

Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link

kind of 80s feeling to this...why WOULDNT the police stab him to death

Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link

iirc the official version is that they were all having an amicable chat when Smiley suddenly picked up the knife, went crazy and stabbed himself. it's implausible enough to be plausible, i guess, so perhaps it wd be churlish to bring up the police's long honourable history of taking black men unharmed into custody

yeah there are literally hundreds of cases of the police stabbing black people to death in their own homes rather than taking them into custody and then somehow ending up in situations where they end up suffocated in circumstances of plausibility deniability

Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link

i think there are a number of possibilities between the inquest verdict and a police officer calculatingly stabbing a suspect in cold blood

there was a single stab wound to the heart and no mention of other injuries

Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link

doesnt fit the pattern of a 'struggle', either he killed himself or someone else was determined to inflict fatal injuries

Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link

i take your point and am happy to admit that in this case the police probably didn't murder the suspect themselves


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