Cops attack Colin Roach demo DROP THE CHARGES

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COLIN Roach's family have already suffered the death of their son - found shot dead outside Stoke Newington police station on January 12 - and the refusal of the Home Office to grant a full enquiry.

And now, at each demonstration protesting about Colin Roach's death and police racism, more and more people are arrested.

Last Saturday 12th, Colin's father was passenger next to a local Labour councillor driving the campaign lorry at the head of the demonstration. He received punches to the head as he and Denis Twomey were dragged out of the vehicle.

The windscreen was THE Tories' budget measures - a little off this tax, a little on that one - are irrelevant to the jobs crisis. Of course. But for people who are looking for an alternative, more interesting was Peter Shore's Labour shadow budget.

It called for a freeze on rents and increased public spending. But:

Of nationalisation and renationalisation there was no mention. Of the 35-hour week without loss of pay -Labour policy - not a word. Of unilateral nuclear disarmament and conversion to socially useful production - no. thing.

On pit closures, Peter Shore - speaking about jobs on Thursday 10th - was silent.

And, speaking for Labou in a TV post-budget debate, Joel Barnett went out of his way to call for wage curbs, in flat contradiction to Laband TUC conference policy. «There has to be control on that side - otherwise inflation would take off again"

The Socialists for a Labour Victory campaign, launched on March 7, is committed to supporting workers' direct struggles to defend jobs and to fighting to hold Labour's leaders to Labour conference policies.

See page 2: SLV statement. smashed and the loudspeaking equipment was damaged beyone repair while several arrests for 'assault' were made.

Later other arrests were made outside the local police station, with continuing harassment by the Denis Iwomey went to hospital for treatment for cuts and returned to custody, but was denied ball. When he appeared in court, he refused to accept the conditions demanded that he should cease his activities with the campaign - ludicrous conditions, especially for a local councillor who has a right to follow up constituents' problems.

He was remanded in

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custody for a week, and finally released without bail conditions only at a High Court hearing on Tuesday 15th.

Besides working to set up a campaign to support the Roach family, Denis Twomey has, pushed the Labour Party to set up a borough police committee. This is due to be debated in council next week. -Other Labour councillors, with labour movement and community groups, have organised a Twomey and on the general issue of the police.

The campaign is calling for the dropping of all charges against all those arrested. PHOTO: HUMPHREY NEMAR

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