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While he’s charged officers in shootings far more frequently than his predecessors, those cases have often ended in acquittals, dismissals or plea deals with minimal jail time.

It was actually Marks' own book that he had written after the 1981 acquittal that helped Lovato piece together his operation and identify the other criminals he worked with.

In 2011, a trial into allegations of police corruption collapsed leading to the acquittal of eight former officers who denied the charges against them.

"The acquittal of Martyn Blake isn't just a failure for our family but for all those affected by police violence," she said.

On Monday, Mr Kaba's family said they were devastated by the verdict, and that the acquittal of Mr Blake "wasn't just a failure for our family, but for all those affected by police violence".