Article 642CG Ofcom investigates Sky News over Chris Kaba protest mix-up

Ofcom investigates Sky News over Chris Kaba protest mix-up

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Jim Waterson Media editor
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Presenter wrongly suggested people marching over police shooting were heading to palace to mourn the Queen

Sky News is being investigated by the media regulator after it wrongly suggested that a protest march over the police shooting of Chris Kaba was a crowd of people mourning Queen Elizabeth II.

Thousands of people protested in central London on 10 September, five days after a Met firearms officer shot Kaba, 24, who was unarmed, after a chase in south London. Those demonstrating included the Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Bell Ribeiro-Addy and the musician Stormzy.

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