Father-of-six Mark Duggan was lawfully killed when he was shot dead by a police marksman, a jury has found.
The 29-year-old, whose death sparked protests that exploded into riots and looting across the country, was gunned down when police stopped the taxi in which he was travelling in Tottenham, north London, in August 2011.
He was being followed by officers who believed he planned to pick up a gun from another man, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, and then move on to Broadwater Farm, also in Tottenham.
Jurors at the Royal Courts of Justice concluded that he had been lawfully killed by police. They decided that he did have a gun but it was not in his hand when he was shot.
There were emotional outbursts at the court when the conclusion was given, with Mr Duggan’s brother shouting after the jurors as they left court, saying “f**k them”.
Other supporters shouted “murderers”.
The jurors reached the lawful killing conclusion by a majority of eight to two.
The jury concluded that Mr Duggan had a gun in the taxi with him before it was stopped, and by a majority of nine to one that it was more likely than not that he had thrown it onto a grassy area near the scene as soon as the car was stopped.
Eight jurors said that they were sure that he did not have a gun in his hand when he was shot.
Outbursts continued in the corridors of the court complex after the verdict, as supporters repeatedly shouted “murderers” and claimed police had got away with murder.
Some smashed a door and security staff were called to contain the situation.
The panel of seven women and three men said that police had not done enough togather and react to intelligence about the possibility of Mr Duggan collecting a gun from Hutchinson-Foster.
But they found that the car had been stopped in a location and in a way that “minimised to the greatest extent possible recourse to lethal force”.
Shaun Hall, Mark Duggan’s brother, said after the verdict “We still fight for justice.”
Mark Duggan’s aunt Carole Duggan claimed he was “executed” while family lawyer Marcia Willis Stewart said his family were in a state of shock and “can’t believe this has been the outcome”.