THE Metropolitan Police must release the body-cam footage from officers involved in the fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, his family and justice campaigners demanded today.

The 24-year-old, who was due to become a father for the first time, was shot by a firearms officer in his car in Streatham Hill, south London, last Monday night. 

The police watchdog, which has launched a homicide investigation into the killing, has confirmed that Mr Kaba, a black man, was unarmed when the shooting took place. 

His death has sparked national outrage, with thousands marching through Whitehall on Saturday to demand justice for the 24-year-old. 

Campaigners said organisers had come under “enormous pressure,” to cancel the demo amid the queen’s death on Friday. 

“We refused to do this because a young man of 24 has lost his life, and we believe that, as people chanted: ‘No justice, no peace’,” Stand up to Racism co-convener Weyman Bennett told the Morning Star. 

Supporters held signs demanding “justice for Chris Kaba,” “abolish the Met,” and “no justice, no peace,” as they marched from Parliament Square, finally ending at Scotland Yard. 

Ahead of the demo, his family released a statement demanding the suspension of the police officer who fired the shot, and for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) to swiftly conclude its investigation, branding any “avoidable delay” as “unacceptable.” 

The family has also called for the Met to release the body-cam footage showing the moment when Mr Kaba was shot. 

Delia Mattis, an activist with Black Lives Matter Enfield, told the Star: “Our demands are clear, release the bodycam footage and charge the officers with murder.

“The IOPC and the Met have been put on notice. Our communities showed [on Saturday] that we are committed to the fight for justice for Chris Kaba’s unborn child and the rest of his family and we will mobilise even bigger next time.”

Mr Kaba’s family have questioned whether his life would have been cut short if he were not black. 

Ms Mattis added that there were parallels between the killing and the police shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham in 2011, adding: “The only difference here … is the witnesses that were able to tell us that the police boxed in the car Chris was driving.

“He wasn't able to move but they still shot him dead. Police racism has gotten worse not better because institutional racism is rooted in the force.”

Mr Kaba died after his car was rammed by two police vehicles in a residential street and one round was fired from a police weapon. 

The IOPC said officers pursued the vehicle because it had been linked to a firearms incident in previous days. The watchdog has since confirmed that the car was not registered to the 24-year-old. 

Mr Kaba’s cousin Jefferson Bosela, told reporters at the Saturday demo that the family “deserve the opportunity to look his killer in the eyes and ask why? 

“Why did you take him … after he spent so little time on Earth … when he was sat there in the car, defenceless, unarmed, scared, terrified?”

Grime artist Stormzy and Labour MPs Diana Abbott and Bell Ribeiro-Addy were also among those who addressed the crowds. The musician urged protesters to “have stamina” in the campaign for justice. 

The demo was organised by Black Lives Matter, Black African Caribbean and Asian Lawyers for Justice and Tottenham-based rights group the 4Front project, and supported by Stand Up to Racism. 

Sky News was forced to apologise on Saturday after confusing the rally for a march in support of the queen following her death. 

Mr Weyman said that the misreporting of the rally felt like an “attempt to paint over the cracks that exist in our society,” highlighting the contrast between a “96-year-old woman who died in her bed” with “a 24-year-old shot before he can see his unborn child.” 

Met Assistant Commissioner Amanda Pearson said the force was co-operating fully with the IOPC investigation, adding: “I absolutely understand that this shooting is a matter of grave concern, particularly for our black communities.”