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By Tim Wright.

LAST SATURDAY morning, Stoke Newington saw an impressive demonstration of police strength; riot control barriers, patrolling the street, and tens of and women standing in lines in front of Stoke Newington police station.

The reason TOr InIs display might was a peaceful picket of the stacon acmandig a rull and public the it was, the picket was kept well awav from the station behind barriers on the other side of the road.

What are the police afraid of if they feel they have to mobilise in such numbers?

The truth?

They are certainly doing their very best to hide and distort the truth, such as when the Sunday of 23 January following the protest the day before — carried a story of Tooting demonstrators' The source of this story: the Stoke Newington police.

police vans police men On Monday they saying the looting of the jeweller's shop in question had 'nothing to do with the demonstration'. The media had already done its The intent of the police was clear portray with the help of the media the demonstrators lawless looters without genuine mander Taylor of ComTavlor of the local force told the press that there is no breakdown of relations between the police and the local community. community disagrees As Lester Lewis said the platform of Hackney Black Association meeting CUTE Friday 28 January, these must This is far from the first time police Have misrepresented proLESTS black community he said, but this time they spotlight and they will not get away with it.

Combat Patrick Kodikara, Labour councillor and member of Hackney Black Alliance, who talked to me at the time of the Saturday false notion that the police have any credibility the community, broad-based all concerned, black and white, must be waged to force the elected representatives of the community to take a stand: 'We don't want police to racist and to oppress black people, our elected representatives have got to pushed to act for the community.

Patrick sees the camRoach, public enquiry, the closure of Stoke Newington Police Station, and the withdrawal of the JOLICC DICEDE DY CLOCKLIC Council as a ster the way towards the goa police accountability. Accountability is only go. ing to come about through the coercion by the com COLIC Donce and establishment. Persuasion will not work.