THE mother of a 24-year-old unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police marksmen 20 years ago has said she still has unanswered questions over his death.

Susan Alexander described the heavy toll of state violence in her long and emotional fight for answers and the devastating impact that her son Azelle Rodney’s death has had on her family on charity Inquest’s Unlawful Killing podcast.

Speaking ahead of the 20th year anniversary of his killing by a Metropolitan Police officer Anthony Long on April 30 2005, she said: “It’s been 20 long and painful years since my son Azelle was killed by the Metropolitan police and I have often felt silenced.