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groups of Labour Party members against •any Although Constituency Labour Parties are in the front line of the attacks, LAW recognises the crucial importance of trade union involvement to put a stop to the witch-hunt and to ensure: that conference decisions are upheld. We are planning a campaign to take this issue into the trade union organisations, and call upon affiliated trade unionists to raise this issue at their own conferences to ensure that their Labour Party delegations JUST suppose for a momare left in no doubt how ent that the police had shot the right man.

We hope that you will Suppose the man who sponsor the campaign and slumped out of the yellow lend your support in the mini, his head against the interests of Party unity, road, moaning 'God how it hurts' had not been 25Labour victory at the next year-old, • brown haired general election. It is im- Stephen Waldorf, a telepossible to have unity, vision film editor, but 35victory and a purge at the year-old red haired David same time. We look for- Martin, an attempted ward to hearing from you in murder suspect.

It has not so far been Ernie Roberts MP [Chair] possible to find this quesJoan Maynard MP tion actually asked in the (Vice-Chair press, although it would Reg Race MP [Vice-Chair] have been the second time Martin had beer shot by police (he was wounded at his flat when arrested).

Since the first TV broadcasts on Friday right the =2E1 you Mome Wesson .38 revoivers, listened to their briefing and then went out and shot somebody whose wurst crime was that he was on 11 am. Meet at 133 the way to see ET We will havt to megine the press coverage if the man in the car had indeed been Martin.

Firstly, it would have reported police claims that Martin was armed, dangerous, and about to shoot. The story might have stuck. If Martin had been killed and had indeed been armed no amount of denials by his companions would have carried any weight. Their protests would have been condemned as the tainted evidence of associates of a would-be murderer.

If Martin had not been carrying a gun, the story would have been modified to the effect that Martin was known to be dangerous and had made a movement as if to reach for a firearm. No subsequent inquiry or inquest would have pointed any official criticism at the •HI.

haa surrenaered and thrown down their weapons in the Iranian Embassy siege. The inquest into their deaths did not waste any sympathy on them.

Barry Prudom, the man tracked duwn and shot in Yorkshire last year died undel stanc quest one s Thi task polici crimi pecte Bu SO. CO woul the ti in Li have in Ire It coun ber « block paint wher have were then app uh-.

Oi area majo left t ferer TI have Jaily strange circumes, but awkward ions were pushed to ide. e press does not see its as embarrassing the e over the deaths of nas - or even sused criminals. it the reason we can be infident that the press d have helped to cover ruth of what happened endon is because they so much practice at it eland. is impossible to keep t anymore of the numting graffiti on walls re the police and army • first claimed that they • carrying fire arms and • claimed that they eared to be carrying ams and in every case utside the Cathoi from where the irity of victims come, outside the ranks of the here is a callous indifnce and silence. he fact that the police = an undeclared shoot

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