cancer and has to keep going in. She's there now.
When sne Came none week later, Carmine told her about the arrest. rour had barged in and arrested Giovanni. No one opened the door. They didn't knock. They just barged in. They searched his room. All his clothes were upside down, all over the floor. My mum was so upset, she was crying.
My mum went down to the police station and demanded to A policeman held her arm and told her to go away. They were all hassling nc anu askine wuv sic wanicu to see him at all.
Mum has had a lot of trouble with the police. My other brother, Carmine, was arrested during the bances. one of his white friends had also been arrested.
Mum friend was alright. and the police said, have black bastards here, whites' Our family has had a lot of trouble with racists.
Wing at the bottom of the street, where there were also six or seven Mods.
The Mods started picking ponce on nil, swearing and all lilal All he thought about was getting Tony, my nephew, from there. He ran back to the house where Carmine was having his tea. Allonso was close to tears and really scared. «armle went cown to see who these racists were, and they hit him with a helmet. He picked up a stick to protec himself and hit the helmet with I. не клоскеа Il aboul a Dil That night, 20 Mods were outside our house.
They kept opening the letter box and shouting, through it, 'Get that black He's going to die!' My other brother told them to go away. My Mum was really 1l and in bed. We didn't want see if this to worry her. Giovani told us to stay in the back room and he We only kept watch on the stairs in case no they smashed the something, and hurt our Mum. They carried Alfonso minutes and knocked the door away Picket of Home Office about and left. going to die! We'll be back!' weeks policeman said Carmine had to go down to the for statiul about some disturbances.
said, 'I have been arrested for kicking the helmet in', and the white Mod said that he had been assaulted by Carmine. bastard out.
explaining what had happened They kept him overnight and his case is going to come up in the near future. doesn't know. over.
door or pened to me was when, on one of the pickets for Magistrates' leafletting with another girl. A They said, 'he is taking them. later We saw a few came around and conductors, questioning 'they all A bit later he rang up and deserve it'.
I said is in there.
Alfonso gave a statement:
squeezing.
My Mum breathe.
She think it's just stood there.
Another incident that hapoutside the Court, was lot of Asians and whites were white bus so we went up to give them the leaflets and there was a white man there. He said need hanging, they him. 'what do you mean they need hanging? My brothe He said 'piss off, you black sod and he hit me on my arm. Was He was big and stocky. He got Sold on my recold sardiy could hardly The bus conductors People from the picket then came up. Police came as well. I was really angry and holding on to him because I wanted him arrested for assaulting me calling One of the bus conductors charges told the man to get into the bus and wanted to shut the doors. The man went in. Because we were all shouting and saying London something had to be done, policeman got into the bus with I went into the police sta tion and a copper asked me it 1 wanted to make a complaint. LOnGOI said, 'of course I do'. While I waiting, policeman pushed me hard on the back The copper pushed me again.
I started crying. I didn't expect that in there. I said to him, 'you don't need to push me about'. He said, 'shut up, don't open your mouth until you are spoken to'. The copper tried to change my statement. Black My mum still is in hospital; July Ilth Action Committee c/o 2 Bradford 8 tel c/o 188 Roundbay tel Leeds 492484; Leicester Suppor Group c/o 70 Berners Road, tel Leicester 14o/ and telegrams of protest for the dropping and the immediate release of the I2 youth can be sent to the following: Ton, 4-12 rue Anin GateQueen Anne's Gate, SWI; The General, Hon Sir Michae Havers, 6-b Wood Hayes Road SW19;
ecretary Hon William Whitelaw, 5( LOTO con Sell The cottons Lost Metropolitar Pd Gregory, Wes Constable Ronald Gregory, I OrKSOIre Metropolitan Police Wakear Yorkshire: Laburnum Road Wakefield, your local Member of Parliament National picket 1 October, City Court. coaches leave from London.
People's Day of Ac. tion, 19 October in Bradford.
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