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Family vows to fight 'lawful killing' verdict - and overturn police rules

Family members of police shooting victim Mark Duggan vowed yesterday to challenge both Wednesday's shock jury verdict of lawful killing and controversial police rules on officer testimony.

Mr Duggan's mother Pamela is currently fighting for a review of Association of Chief Police Officers policy.

She argues does it not include "appropriate measures" to reduce the risk that officers directly involved in a fatal shooting might confer with each other before producing their accounts of what happened.

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