Bristol is a city in England that prides itself on being one of Britain’s most tolerant and forward-thinking communities. However, a brutal murder of a disabled man in 2013 left the area recoiling in horror, even more so when it was uncovered that the murder had been the result of institutional racism, a vicious rumor mill, vigilante justice and a misguided police investigation.
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Audio Sources:
“Murder of Bijan Ebrahimi – Channel 4”
“Bijan Ebrahimi and Avon and Somerset police: we failed him in his time of need”
“Bijan Ebrahimi: Police ‘failed’ murdered man for years”
Sources:
Bristol Post, 18 July, 2013 – “First Photo of Fire Attack Victim”
Bristol Post, 25 July, 2013 – “Family Hit Back at Allegations”
The Independent, 19 September, 2013 – “Six Police Face Misconduct Probe After Disabled Man’s Death”
ABC – 2 WSB, 28 October, 2013 – “Man Wrongly Accused of Being a Pedophile Burned Alive”
The Daily Telegraph, 28 October, 2013 – “Man Accused of Being Pedophile and Murdered”
The Independent, 28 October, 2013 – “A Modern British Murder”
Bristol Post, 30 October, 2013 – “Bijan’s Family Want Answers from Police”
The Daily Telegraph, 2 November, 2013 – “An Innocent Man Thrown to the Mob”
The Daily Telegraph, 3 November, 2013 – “How Wild Rumour Led a Mob to Murder an Innocent Man”
The Sunday Times, 3 November, 2013 – “The Shocking Case of Bijan Ebrahimi”
The Independent, 8 November, 2013 – “How Hateful is Britain?”
Agence France-Presse, 28 November, 2013 – “Disabled Iranian’s British Vigilante Killer Jailed”
The Daily Telegraph, 28 November, 2013 – “Vigilante Murder”
The Guardian, 28 November, 2013 – “Softly Spoke Brother Who Suffered Horrendous Bullying”
The Independent, 28 November, 2013 – “A Death Foretold”
The Observer, 1 December, 2013 – “My Brother Wasn’t a Loner or Misfit”
The Daily Telegraph, 5 December, 2014 – “Bijan Ebrahimi Murder”
The Guardian, 11 November, 2015 – “Police Overlooked Threat to Man Killed”
Bristol Post, 19 November, 2015 – “Bijan Constantly Informed Police He Was Not Safe”
Bristol Post, 20 November, 2015 – “I’m a Police Officer and You’re a Pain”
The Guardian, 3 December, 2015 – “PC’s Deny Ignoring Appeals of Man Killed in Bristol”
The Daily Telegraph, 21 December, 2015 – “Police Officer and PCSO Convicted Over Failure to Protect Disabled Man”
The Guardian, 21 December, 2015 – “Harassed and then Beaten to Death”
The Independent, 4 July, 2017 – “Police Officers Who Failed to Help Murdered Refugee”
Bristol Post, 7 July, 2017 – “Council Officials Conduct in Ebrahimi Case Under Scrutiny”
The Guardian, 18 December, 2017 – “Bristol Refugee Murder Review Accuses Police of Institutional Racism”
