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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Little justice in Terry May case

· Socialist Challenge No. 242, 21 April 1982 · p. 6 of the scan · 326 words

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page 6 of the scan

12 trial?' - Anwar without them my children would not be with me 3 April It was their support over the years of my struggle and sex 'Are you going to be here, outside Leeds Town Hall on 26 April for the mass picket when the trial 'roared back the 3,000 demonstrators, at the picket at Leeds Crown Court at 10.00 for the mass demonstration.

coaches Way, Cross Cookridge Si Close, ECI Thornton Heath 15 end- THE TRIAL ed this week with ten black youths found guilty of ten charges of riot, and one case the manslaughter of Terry MaMay was caught up in between white and black youths arising from an attack local pub which was used as a base fol National Front sup porters to prey on the black community.

This is set against a background of about 250 racist attacks during the preceding 18 months on black people in the area; of police indifTerence LU these attacks; fascist organising.

black ticket collector had been shot through the head and neck with an airgun and in another incident a pigshead had left the local •Cen mosque The hypocrisy of the press has been at an all time high, playing up the death of this white youth while ignoring the assaults and deaths of black people at the hands of racists such as Michael Ferriera, Satnam Singh Gill.

One reporter for major popular paper at the trial was overheard say. 'Well, go back to the coon show'.

The sentences tually unknown that Tive years snould be Hut posed for a riot charge as with Gary Huggins Rudy Narayan the leading counsel argues that the Thornton Heath defendents acted ST-ETERCE 'natural and spontaneous Vorisine against attacks by fascist hoodlums The conditions which led to the death of Terry May have not been eradicated and therefore will be many more such upris ings cent people becoming the the violence while the real criminals Tomall touched.

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