Colin Roach died mysteriously of wounds in Stoke Newington Police station on January. Stoke renowned as racist thugs amongst the local black community. Over black youth have died in cumstances in their hands. SUE MACDONALD spoke to a local black youth about his experiences in Stoke Newington.
What is your experience of Stoke Newington Police and why are they hated so much by the local black commun They keep picking up on the streets and telling us to take down our trousers and searching us This is really degrading. I've had personal experience Several times TOU TO treated like a dog. This is what happens in this society.
The police laugh in your face when you have something ime I was really ill. I wen the police station for were working. They told they were closed. If are attacked or burgled the police are no help at all.
gun shot Newington police are recent years three unexplained cirEverytime they pass me in the street they pretend they shooting me through the car window. Like as if Ines Want lO round up all the black people and shoot them one by one. It's going from bad to worse.
I don't go out at night time because there's too many police about and they like to stop you for no reason and search you. If you drive a big car the police will stop you and ask where you got the money to buy this car.
have heard about peopic oeing wrappca 1n blankets when they hit you over the head or across the body so no bruises will show.
The black policemen are being used, every single one of them, to get information about black peophe black noobie, Black black people. Black eople all know that the lack policemen are being used.
Black people should read Malcolm X, he is a black man and very easy to -unects ane. I've read some of his works and he says: "All thinking people today who meet any body who's afraid of the word ot your wipe the talks your talks about African history, hone wee denied me kings. DILE African country and the white peopic came dong and broke it down, and through all historv we've been slaves.
What do vou KnoW Stoke Newington police station and do you agree THaT closed down?
It's a bad police station and ere blacks don't care whether die It's the third time that somebody has died there. Just like the fire in New Cross where 13 young
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