A Black man shot dead by a British police officer in London two years ago was the gunman in a nightclub shooting days before he was killed, it can be reported after a judge lifted reporting restrictions on Tuesday.

A London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist two years ago was acquitted Monday of murder in a case that intensified mistrust of Britain's largest police force among many in the city’s Black communities.

A London police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been acquitted of murder.

Dozens of people gathered Monday near London's Old Bailey court after the police marksman who fatally shot a black man as he tried to stop the car he was driving was cleared of murder.