year's youth uprisings.
clude one person now has five black jurors.
When the chants of the Bradford 12 campaigners protesting outside was heard the courtroom, he told the added Chat defendents ASIA has nothing to do with whether they are guilty or innocent' Kennedy gave the proof how four defendents were arrested in Bradford city centre on the night of 11 July singi, Sabil Hussain sura, Ali, Giovanni They were all charged with public order offences. alleges that Tarig Ali had arranged a meeting on 1! July at wach a was agreco to make petrol bombs for people and property. The arrest of the leading conspirators had prevented the plot being carried out.
The remaining eight were arrested as invesuga tions proceeded after the discoverv of bomas, lound hidden in the undergrowth around St suke's Hospital.
By end of last week, five police witnesses had appeared for the prosecution and been crossexamined. These were the officers who had made the arrests on the 1ith and Chief Inspector Ellis, who been charge of operations that day.
One of the officers, PC Manning served 15 years in the Rhodesian police force betore comine 1o Britain in February 1981 and joining the Bradford force. nedy, finally opened the crown's case against the Bradford 12, Asian youths who are charged with conspiring to make explosives during last Kennedy addressed a jury that doesn't infrom Bradford although it All these witnesses say part of a crowd of youths who had gathered in the ci centre and shouted things such *kill the bastards' at the police and "we're gonna have a riot.
However, Mr Reece, counsel Covann Singh and Saeed Amin, Eits to admit that kill the Inspector bastards* was not taken up as a chant.
Also, while PC Irvine and ESPECIOE Ellis both said in court they heard a chant of gonna riot this doesn't el appear it lemen only statement (dictated on August from memory) and PC vine mcluded it or th first time in his second SLALCEICIE August.
All the police officers Tarig aeny naving knowi and Tarlochan CataAura before their arrest despite the fact that both were prominent in camSue as those on behalf of Anwar Ditta and George Lindo. They also any fears within the Asian that weekend by racists and DE ELOCAS lascists. Yet the evidence to support the contention that such fears widespread and justified is overwhelming.
A bulletin produced by defence campaign the attacks that occurred in Bradford last summer and autumn.
Among the incidents in 1881:
10 July: Asian man stabbed and robbed. Another Asian Asian home gutted Shite men charged and releas 14 July: Asian sch00 Dow 21 with a petrol bomb. Only two and assault orthcoming campaign include a women's picket and on zo may a Dicke for campaign groups basMass pickets are being organised for 14,19 and 26 May ed in the black communiVaughan. member of Leeds Trades Council executive told Socialist Challenge: 'Leeds Trades Council are all trade urge trade unionists to support the campaign and in particular the trade mass picket on 19 May.
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