Police saturated Brixton.
Robert Hunt declared have put into practice new techniques a fit up.
Al 2am Monday morning SOTEC BLULA police saturated the Railton Road area in designed to coincide with the eviction 01 a small group of squatters houses due to be demolishSubscription Rates 10 issues $2.00 Overseas: 12 months oni (Please delete as appropriate)
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For multi-reader institutions double the above rates Send to Socialist Challenge, P.O. Box 50, London N1 2XQ TOP COP, deputy assistant commissioner that Monday November when Brixton's 'front line' again want up in flames was a great success tactically and strategically. In a stroke London's police under the leadership of Sir Kenneth Newman of black-bashing and placed all the blame for the day's events on black youth. The whole thing's Led later in the day to make way for new council housing.
In the event, no arrests took place during the evic. tions at 5.30am and all occupiers of the nine properties left quietly.
Inland: 12 months £14.00/6 months £7.00 Surface & Europe £17.00/Air mail $24.00 Lambeth Labour leader Ted Knight said, *We had agreed with the police that there would be a token presence wille the evictions took place.
•Commander Fairbairn did say he would have some forces in reserve outside the area in case of any developments.
He went on to say: We were shocked and surprised by the large number of police in the area can't anticipate any trouble. It is regretable that the whole thing has been used as a kind of exercise; it Quite right. Saturation policing a la the Swamp 81 operation that sparked off uprisings sby the actual wasn't called To. brat was at stake was the need for the pouce to test Eneir nev techniques, equip ment and themr new aim mediate Response Units".
Later in the day large numbers of youth angry at the OVEEWTCRHH! presence of the police and what they saw as the further destruction of their community as bulldozers tore up the empty houses marched on Brixton police station and also set fire to obvious symbols of the local council.
This was the excuse that the police had lookec for and planned. Into action swung the These units are similar to the anti-riot squads used in the North of Ireland and benefit the Perience of metropolitan police chief Newman who ACECO up Roya Ulster Constabulary for a number of years. They can be mobilised in a matter of moments from 48 seperate areas in London.
Most of the press knew something was up. The early morning edition the Daily Express, published the very time?
everything was happening article headed "Brixton police swoop"
A thousand policemen were poised this:
morning to breal .up the?
so-called "no go" London: area has shown that the police? as a whole are spoiling for: a fight with the black community This confrontation has notning to do with black s "crime" but is part of the wing against the whole of the:
tosh commumy day mng and day out The Daily Express considers that Newman's performance as police chief :
winning the next clection.
this Market, nuclear disarmament and wages may bc thought of their prognosis law and order has always been high on the Tories programme. They have consistently usco ideas to split the working class, intimidate black people and stimulate fear in the middle classes black people SECHCN small step will be to start building fo the demonstration on March 1983 sponsored by the Campaign Racist Laws
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I's more than time to black youth in particular