DC Stuart Hobkirk: Took an oath and then he lied but we knew that would happen did'nt we ?

http://watchingyouwatchingyme-steelmagnolia.blogspot.com/2011/03/dc-stuart-hoburk.html

Justice for Smiley Culture Public Meeting Brixton Town Hall 24th March 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGmcFSnPL-U

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13537152

Smiley Culture. Meeting campaign today 24th March...

http://london.indymedia.org/events/7949

Smiley Culture....updates on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Culture

The MOVIE the Police do not want you to see

Watch the film Injustice (2001) online

Injustice is a controversial feature length documentary film about the struggles for justice by families of those killed by police in the UK.


Despite winning major awards, being screened in 1000's of independent cinemas and being screened in festivals and broadcasters all over the world, the film is banned by broadcasters in the UK.


The film is now streaming at www.injusticefilm.tv and background reviews, statements and a history of the film and the issues are at www.injusticefilm.co.uk

http://www.injusticefilm.tv/

United Campaign against Police Violence

http://againstpoliceviolence.blogspot.com/2011/03/campaign-for-justice-for-smiley-culture.html

No confidence in the corrupt British police force !!!

http://www.ligali.org/article.php?id=2188

Was Smiley cultered murdered by the MET?

http://yush.com/was-smiley-culture-the-cockney-translator-murdered.htm

Justice for Smiley Culture Campaign Meeting

Type	General
Where	Brixton Town Hall, Brixton Hill SW2 1RW
When	From March 24, 2011, 7:00PM to March 24, 2011, 10:00PM

Description

The Second public Meeting for the Official Campaign for Justice for Smiley Culture.

http://www.facebook.com/Campaign4Justice4SmileyCulture

http://www.vevite.com/4380

Who wiped the Smile from Smiley's face ?

Did Smiley Culture commit suicide, as the police claimed?

 Say I'm being pedantic if you like, but like many others, I reckon this is another typical case of a black man's tragedy under the most peculiar of circumstances.

According to police, on Tuesday the 15th of March, British reggae star Smiley Culture stabbed himself with a kitchen knife, during a raid on his home in Surrey London.

It may very well be the truth, police claiming that Smiley was allowed to go in the kitchen and "make himself a cup of tea" but how out of sync is it, regarding correct police procedures, that Smiley was allowed to walk about unsurpervised?

Secondly, what drove a man, described as a pleasant and calm person, to commit such vicious suicide? 

The "self inflicted" wound to the heart is described as deep and brutal, so much that the penetration entered one end and exited at the other.

 Understandably, the family is calling foul play, and like many others, demanding answers. The inquest was opened and adjourned to a date to be fixed, pending further inquires, while the Independent Police Complaints Comission (IPCC) investigates. 

David "Smiley Culture" Emmanuel, born in England and of strong Jamaican family ties, had a few reggae hits. His biggest hit, Police Officer, went to number 12 in the UK charts back in 1984. If you dig the vintage sound of the likes of Tenor Saw, Nitty Gritty, Josey Wales, Major Worries, Peter Metro, Papa Levi...et al, you will like Smiley Culture.

 All these names will appear when you youtube Smiley Culture. Smiley also played a cameo role in Absolute Beginners, a David Bowie film, back in 1986. He was recently featured in the BBC4 documentary, Reggae Britinnia, which explored the rise of UK reggae.

The Brittish reggae singer was due to face trial this week, accused of conspiracy to supply cocain. He died at age 48.  While it is certain that Smiley won't be smiling again, sadly, it is far from convincing that he permanently wiped the smile from his own face.

I'm watching the space as things unfold, but I think I already know the outcome.  
http://www.overthelimitentertainment.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2081438:BlogPost:53336

FACEBOOK group wants justice for Smiley Culture...

Over 3000 members of the Facebook community have joined a growing group campaigning for justice for late reggae star Smiley Culture.

Smiley was said to have plunged a calving knife into his own heart at his Surrey home as police officers waited to arrest him on suspected fresh drugs charges on March 15^th.

The Voice reports that family members and fans of the Cockney Translator star refuse to believe Smiley - real name David Emmanue l- would have taken his own life and are calling for the officers present to be investigated.

One 'Campaign for Justice for Smiley Culture' group member commented “This is the same Conservative Government, that put to death many of the young Black men in Brixton back in the eighties, it is the same Conservative government that is doing it again.

 But we black people of Jamaican parentage, not going to make this happen again. It s payback time,”

Another said “Im wondering who else was in the house at the time of the raid, i cant see smiley stabbing himself through the heart that is madness, and it doesn't make sense”.

An inquiry into the singers death has already been launched by The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and Mike Franklin, IPCC Commissioner for the south east has said the planning of the stars arrest is being scrutinised as are the actions of the officers present

http://www.musicrooms.net/urban/29274-facebook-group-wants-justice-for-smiley-culture.html

Reading the report it is possible to live for some time after a knife wound to the heart, survive even. The four police officers in the home of Smiley for one and a half hours ? when did this incident occur, was there a struggle and Smiley injured by one of the officers? If so why did the police not call for an ambulance straight away or were they afraid of being found out , an alive badly injured Smiley was a witness, did they wait for Smiley to die ? with Smiley dead there is only the word of the police to tell their version of events...

Wounds to the Heart

Because exsanguination is the leading and most frequent cause of death in stabbing and incising wounds, it is not unreasonable to direct our attention initially to wounds to the cardiovascular system and further, to consider the evidence provided by the medical records and coroners reports of the current era.

Let us first begin with a brief review of human anatomy.

In an adult, the heart is approximately twelve centimeters long, eight to nine centimeters wide at its widest point, and some six centimeters thick.

 It is encased in a membranous sack, the pericardium, and rests on the upper surface of the diaphragm, between the lower portions of the lungs and behind the sternum.

 The organ is divided into four chambers: the left and right atria and the left and right ventricles.

It is comprised almost entirely of muscle, and serves a vital function as a pumping mechanism to distribute blood throughout the body.

It is unattached to the adjacent organs, but is held in place in the chest cavity, suspended by the pericardium and by continuity with the major blood vessels. The muscular walls of the heart are supplied with blood by the the right and the left coronary arteries, each of which bifurcates into a series of subdivisions.¹⁴

Because the heart is a vital organ, it is generally thought that a serious injury to the heart will result in instant death.

Consequently, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the duelist expected a thrust to his adversary's heart to disable him immediately.

While swordplay done in earnest is now a thing of the past, a wealth of information regarding stab wounds to the heart has been accumulated in recent times by the practitioners of modern forensic medicine.

Many of these wounds have been inflicted with instruments very much like the blades of rapiers, sabres, and smallswords and the means by which such wounds have been treated, combined with assessments of the injuries through the sophisticated discipline of forensic medicine, reveal some surprising truths with which many duelists most certainly had to deal.

While a stab wound to the heart is a grave matter, numerous instances of penetrating wounds to this organ have been documented in which victims have demonstrated a surprising ability to remain physically active.

In 1896 a case was reported in which a twenty-four year old man was stabbed in the heart. Despite a wound to the left ventricle which severed a coronary artery, the victim not only remained conscious, but was also able to walk home.¹⁵

 Much later, in 1936, a paper was presented to the American Association of Thoracic Surgery in which thirteen cases of stab wounds to the heart were cited.

Of these, four victims were said to have collapsed immediately.

 Four others, although incapacitated, remained conscious and alert for from thirty minutes to several hours.

The remaining five victims, thirty-eight per cent of the total, remained active: one walking approximately twenty-three meters and another running three blocks.

Yet another victim remained active for approximately ten minutes after having been stabbed in the heart with an ice pick, and two managed to walk to a medical facility for help.¹⁶

In another instance a report cites an impressive case of a man stabbed in the left ventricle.

 Despite a wound 1.3 centimeters in length, the victim was able to continue routine activity for some time and lived a total of four days before expiring.

¹⁷ In 1961, a survey conducted by Spitz, Petty and Russell included seven victims stabbed in various regions of the heart.

While none of these people expired immediately, some were quickly incapacitated.

Five were not, however, and one victim, despite a 2 centimeter slit-like "laceration" located in the left ventricle, managed to walk a full city block. After arming himself with a broken beer bottle, the victim finally collapsed while in the act of attempting to re-engage the individual who stabbed him.¹⁸

The amount of time elapsing between a stab wound to the heart and total incapacitation of the victim is dependent upon the nature of the wound and which structures of the heart are compromised.

In the light of the cases cited in the preceding paragraphs, one may expect that a penetrating wound to the left ventricle, such as that which would be inflicted by a smallsword, may not necessarily bring a combat to a sudden conclusion.

Blood in this chamber of the heart, at the end of ventricular contraction (end-systole), may reach pressures as high as one hundred twenty millimeters of mercury or more,¹⁹ especially during combat, and one might reasonably expect blood under such pressure to escape readily through a breach in the ventricular wall.

The walls of this chamber are comprised almost entirely of muscle tissue, however, and are exceptionally thick.

As a consequence, the left ventricular wall has the potential to seal itself partially through the contraction of the muscle tissue immediately surrounding the site of the wound.

While the end-systolic pressure in the right ventricle normally amounts to only eighteen percent that of the left, wounds to the right ventricle are far more likely to be quickly fatal because the thickness of this ventricular wall is only a third that of the left ventricle and is, consequently, less able to close a wound.²⁰

With respect to penetrating (stabbing) wounds to the heart the location, depth of penetration, blade width, and the presence or absence of cutting edges are important factors influencing a wounded duelist's ability to continue a combat.

Large cuts that transect the heart may be expected to result in swift incapacitation due to rapid exsanguination,²¹ and immediate loss of pressure, but stab wounds, similar to those that might be inflicted by a thrust with a sword with a narrow, pointed blade may leave a mortally wounded victim capable of surprisingly athletic endeavors.

 Knight cites a case of one individual who, stabbed "through" the heart, was still able to run over 400 meters before he collapsed.

Yet two more striking cases are also reported of victims who survived wounds to the heart, one of which is described as, "a through-and-through stab wound of the left ventricle that transfixed the heart from front to back."²²

Wounds to the Major Thoracic Blood Vessels

The vital area located in the center of the chest is not occupied by the heart alone. The large thoracic blood vessels converge with the heart in such a way as to present an area nearly equal in size to that presented by the heart. Consequently, a sword-thrust that penetrates the chest but fails to find the heart may nevertheless pierce or incise one or more of these large vessels.

Normally, blood pressure in the major arteries located in the chest (thorax) averages approximately one hundred millimeters of mercury, with a maximum pressure of some one hundred twenty millimeters at end-systole.

 Subdivisions of the aorta greater than three millimeters in diameter offer little vascular resistance. Consequently, the average blood pressure in these vessels is nearly the same.

²³ Since the thoracic arteries confine blood under considerable pressure, and because the walls of these vessels are relatively thin, compared to the walls of the ventricles, punctures or cuts in these vessels may allow blood to escape quite rapidly, depending on the size of the opening.

The major thoracic arteries then, are more vulnerable to stabbing wounds than are the ventricles of the heart.

²⁴ While a good deal smaller in diameter, a puncture or severing of the coronary arteries, because they supply blood to the walls of the heart's ventricles, may also result in rapid incapacitation of a duelist. Forensic pathologists Dominick and Vincent Di Maio point out that especially vulnerable is the left anterior descending coronary artery which supplies the anterior wall of the left ventricle. Stabbing wounds which transect this small vessel may be expected to result in sudden death.²⁵

Nevertheless, cases have been reported in which stabbing victims, whose thoracic arteries were penetrated, remained physically active for a surprisingly long period of time.

 An example may be found in the case of a twenty-three year old man who was stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife.<sup>2

6</sup> At autopsy a wound tract was disclosed that penetrated both the aorta and the left ventricle.

Blood issuing from these wounds into the chest cavity amounted to a volume of two liters.

Despite the serious nature of his wounds, the victim nevertheless managed to walk more than 100 meters before collapsing and remained alive until shortly after he had been taken to the hospital.

Another example is that of a twenty-five year old man whose subclavian artery and vein were severed by a thrust delivered by a kitchen knife. Losing a total of three liters of blood, he was able to run a distance of four city blocks before finally collapsing.²⁷

FORENSIC on stab wounds to the heart...

Chest wounds bleed pretty quickly, but they do so internally, making them almost more fatal than other types of stab wounds. If someone is stabbed anywhere in the heart, what usually happens is that either the lining of the heart or the chest cavity itself fills with blood. This can kill the person in anywhere from 10-15 seconds to a couple of minutes.

Lateral chest - out toward the side. Right side's less tricky than the left. At or slightly below the level of the nipple. Most likely he'll end up with a collapsed lung which can be treated with a chest tube to re-inflate it.

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine/notes/woundsdjp.pdf

Lee Jasper: No justice. No peace...

http://leejasper.blogspot.com/2011/03/campaign-for-justice-for-smiley-culture.html

Lee Jasper: The mysterious death of Smiley Culture

http://leejasper.blogspot.com/2011/03/mysterious-death-of-smiley-culture.html

FACEBOOK: Campaign for Justice for Smiley Culture

http://www.facebook.com/Campaign4Justice4SmileyCulture

Smiley Cultures family seek answers..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12779955

Smiley Culture - Murdered by the MET?...before you read any further this is a coppers blog and yes he is sure his colleagues are innocent of any wrong doing, he would say that would'nt he ...BUT rest assured those involved will be put through the ringer, how comforting, still no witnesses though are there, just a dead man and four Bobbies !!

Smiley Culture - Murdered by the MET?...before you read any further this is a coppers blog and yes he is sure his colleagues are innocent of any wrong doing, he would say that would'nt he ...BUT rest assured those involved will be put through the ringer, how comforting, still no witnesses though are there, just a dead man and four Bobbies !!

A slightly risky subject, but here goes. Firstly, my sympathy to Smiley's family for the loss of their son/brother/father. Whatever he may or may not have done, no decent person would have wished harm on him.

The story reminded me of a drugs raid I was on many, many years ago. I was young, naive and inexperienced. Instead of handcuffing the suspect, I let them wander around. We were conversing while other colleagues were searching the house and all seemed well. The next thing I know they have managed to grab a knife and are slashing at their wrists. Fortunately, I managed to get the situation under control without serious injury to the suspect or harm to my colleagues. A short time later we found a substantial quantity of Ecstasy. The suspect knew we were going to find it and that he was going to go to prison for a few years. He was an addict himself and decided that he didn't want to go to prison and attempted suicide. I was fortunate. The suspect was white. He wasn't seriously injured and I was able to learn a lesson from this experience without it being taken further..

Smiley Culture had a couple of minor hits in the 80's. He has led a lifestyle since that begs some questions. He claimed to have made money investing in third world gold and diamond mining. In September 2010 he was charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and was due in Court for trial on the 21st March 2011.

I don't know what further evidence the Met had to execute a search warrant at Smileys £1million house on the 15th March, but a magistrate was obviously satisfied there were grounds to do so. An hour and a half after the Met arrived at his address, the officers allowed Smiley to go to the kitchen to make some tea. In the kitchen he took a knife and stuck it in his chest, piercing his heart.

The family don't believe this and are calling for a public inquiry into his death. I have no doubt that the Met are not responsible for his death. I feel sorry for the officers involved in this search. They are going to be dragged through the mill with an investigation by the IPCC and at the inquest by legally aided barristers, representing the family. All sorts of nonsense, with no basis, will be alleged. I hope they get through it unscathed.

http://thethinkingpoliceman.blogspot.com/2011/03/smiley-culture-murdered-by-met.html