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LEEDS will hold a symposium today in commemoration of Nigerian David Oluwale, who was hounded to death in the city in 1969.
Mr Oluwale made Leeds his home after stowing away on a cargo vessel from Nigeria in 1949, but he became homeless.
Police sergeant Kenneth Kitching and inspector Geoffrey Ellerker singled him out for repeated beatings, urinating on him and dumping him outside the city.
After one beating on April 17 1969, his body was found in the River Aire. He was 39.
The officers received short prison sentences for assault after a young officer reported their treatment of Oluwale.
A charity established in his name hopes to erect a plaque on the banks of the Aire close to where his body was found.
The symposium aims to examine the common problems of the destitute, people with mental health issues, the
homeless and those who endure racism and harsh policing.
Professor Max Farrar of the Remember Oluwale charity said: “Services to people enduring David’s problems have improved, but there is still so much to be done.”
