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Reel injustice of Met racism

· Socialist Outlook no. 30, Winter 1999 · 434 words

Racism and anti-fascism

doubted its impact then just There I was in the middle of amongst young lesbians and shop gay men acnica not ousy November 9, shricking with images but any delight. People looked at me But there is a key area in picked up which campaigners are dis- Guardian and there on the appointed by the Queen's and determined (c announcement puta good deal of further into Ricky the absence of prodeath nad agicca with tac for compreensive long campaign of the family anti-discrimination legisla• to show that It remains perfectly accident. legal at work and in the pro- Yet again, the racism of the vision of gooas ana service: Metropolitan to discriminate against les- peen after the Lawrence The government has sug- inquiry, sested a voluntary code being will do that be nothing to change the situa- It sull akcs an chormous amount of energy from dedition - those that will implement it are not the ones that with the family at the centre sack us! The battle will conto prove what was obvious at tinue - with new energy from black person, someone eise's child, someone eise's loved one - has been the target of a Amsterdam on racist murder.

The grief of loss is compounded many times over by You see, l'd just the absolule amure of tac day's police to take anything you tell them seriously. hey arc the experts - you the grateful that Reel's Abuse Despite the fact that Ricky and the three friends he was this was no with had been subject to racist abuse and been chased by white youths, the police Police was refused to take seriously the Ricky had no returned home SUHS learnt by the powers his cooy was not recovered for a week after his disap pearance on October 14 1997 and then only after the famusually hours a day where he was last seen. Then the police fallen into the river while urinating - despite assurthat he was afraid of open water.

Anyone who has heard his mother, Sukder speak could not help be movea by net commitment - and like me tice has been done.

Louise Christian, the famreport of the Police Complaints Authority report into to be made public.

it is an outrase that this report, part of which has when been revealed in the Comand which the detailed paralleis with the indifference and incompelence or tae police saould se secret.

Institutional racism is alive and well - and the Labour will do government about it when absolutely forced to do so.

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