Ives Sakila - Dublin, Ireland
Ives Sakila was a Congolese person, who had been living here in Ireland for the majority of his life - he was 35, he had been here since he was 11. As much a child of Ireland as of the Congo.
He committed a theft in a department store in Dublin a few days ago. During his attempt to flee, he injured an elderly man and was subsequently caught by the security of the store - *not* an gardaí (on gard-dee) which is the Irish term for the police.
Somewhere between getting stopped and detained by the shop's security, and the actual police arriving and putting handcuffs on him, this man died. There is video footage almost 5 minutes long of the security interaction, nothing with the police. Security kneeling on him, prone on the ground...
It is being said that he was fully responsive until the police arrived, and almost as soon as the handcuffs went on he completely stopped responding, and they acted accordingly and attempted to resuscitate him.
Please let there be an uproar about this death. Its similarities to the one (of many in fairness, but the one in particular) that brought us internationally to a new level of BLM are scary, and this incident isn't being spoken of nearly enough, even here. This occurred on Friday 15/05/26 and when I mentioned it to my partner on 18/05/26, he had no idea what I was talking about. It has been in the news, but in passing, no focus.
Please, let us get absolutely engaged by this. Say his name to anyone you can - don't let this death be silenced.
This was a murder.
BLACK LIVES MATTER