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Now the only hassle is with the police

Socialist Challenge No. 60, 24 August 1978 · p. 3 of the scan · 713 words

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He is charged with "malicious wounding'.

it's the last thing the police would want!

Challenge.

Tell as about yourself.

Well, I've got three sisters and one brotber. One of my sasters has her own house. Two live at *l left school in 1975 or 1976 one of the two. Since then 1 have had about three johs de-greasing: loading and load ing off, and that, then 1 was on the Council picking up paper and stuff in tin bins- - you have to ger up really early in the morning. job entere are and There just weren't any couldn'tstick the jobs, so bow 1 am on tlie dole, I go out in the day to my friends, to my sisters or ney giel's because she doesn'! work Then at night there's discos, blues, and some D. we will call him, is 18. One of a family of seven. Black. He was arrested after the arrest of Dave Stevens on the 11 March demonstration in Wolverhampton.

Ar his commital proceedings, some 40 pickets protested his arrest - further angered because the Wolverhampton police force has managed to arrest CHRIS ROSEBLADE interviewed D for "Socialist What people say about black kids hanging around on the sircets Just isn't true, There aren't enough jobs around but they mainly just drop in in the Some of them just give in.

They just don't want to work anymore because they think it'S the strets, ThE POINT BAT AUT In fact they are always having hassles. That happened to me. you know, I was just walking. down the street and they came and hassled around me. Thes wanted to search me, and all 388800303hat. They're always trying to scare un. They just don't like the blacks and that sit.

The hassles are in the tow Try they talk to you, and Southall Youth Movement contingent on last Sunday's Brick Lane march.

terrorise our children.

WILL Centre. They Just pick you up and then they say you've done this, and they say you've done that, and you've got no choice; THIER'E you just got to say you've done it. And sometimes you manage it out and say you that the police are selting out to This same parent went on lo say: We must make sure chat the state realises titar we hase intertion of siting back while we are being victimised All incentre pare es increasing black milirancy and TALKING I was ut the bas stop the other night. You know it's very heavy ГАСЛІ in lown at the moment. And six cops suddenly piled and of this van and wok off a hiuck kei walking down the road. Ten minutes luter he was walking down the street again. They just decided to scare him. Is that the soet of thing thul Well, I heard about it from my fciends. Everyone was talking about it, so 1 said I would go. They said they were just going to defend the people, to show what's right. So there 1 was on the march, talking to them It was the first march I had ever been on It sai great I ed it. Except for the fact 1 gor arrested. I dido't think Fo ger Interjects:

Well the march was against 118473109836 followed a lot of racist ailacks.

STOR THE NAZ borstal, Some of the seres not all of them, bot most el - were National FronL My friends say they pick on the back kids. That's why I don't go to prison. scared. Well, not scared, I just don't want to go.

In Wolverhaioptoo, I have at neard be sly areas for d his. That's cooled down. Thai part has. The wise lads the big white lads - they've cooled down a bit.

The black people — the only hassle we have at the moment is with the police. That sall. Is like in Handsworth. I've got a e lot of friends there, it ast the Ail l say, now the only hassle I with the police.

HE Lun heard about the Is it going to be a march by blacks? Greal!

You shoukin't be on it!

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him yet again on charges of theft". Let's hope such pending charges won't influence the jury. We're sure

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