Sasha Johnson (born c. 1993–1994)[1] is a British woman who has been an activist and member of Taking the Initiative Party (TTIP).
[17] In summer 2020, Johnson was involved in the founding of the Taking The Initiative Party (TTIP); she has served on its Executive Leadership Committee.
[7] In 2020 and 2021, false information circulated on social media that Johnson commented "the white man will not be our equal but our slave" on Twitter.
The Metropolitan Police were notified of the attack, which took place in Peckham, London, at around 3 a.m.[4][20] TTIP said Johnson had earlier received death threats and her car had been vandalised a month before the incident.
[27] A vigil was held for Johnson outside King's College Hospital on the evening of 24 May, arranged by a UK offshoot of the US organisation Black Lives Matter.
[38] By 7 June 2021, Johnson was still in hospital and under sedation in a critical condition, with "profound life-changing injuries" according to a police statement.
[34][39] The BBC reported on 16 June 2021 that since the shooting two surgical operations had been carried out to release pressure on Johnson's brain but that she remained critically ill.[36] The prosecution case was dropped on 22 February 2022, and the defendants were formally found "not guilty".
[40] Announcing that the case was being dropped, the prosecutor, Mark Heywood QC, said "For very good reasons it is not possible to set out in full in open court the reasons it is so but it should be understood the relevant considerations have been given the most anxious and careful scrutiny" adding that the case against the defendants had been based on "circumstantial evidence" which included their phone data, movements, and interactions and that there was no direct evidence that identified them.
[44] TTIP criticised the police statement that nothing indicated the attack was targeted, asking how police were able to say that Johnson had not received credible threats without speaking to her,[24] and said there was "no evidence" the shooting was carried out by four black males, as "[the TTIP] have multiple sources present at the incident who have confirmed to us that the attackers were all wearing balaclavas".