THE POLICE are now denying they've information about racist What a bloody Bye occa wored or the miracks We've got the information. We should call them "liar" to their face.
That was the conument of Bishan Dass, CULAMSIUE. week's meeting of the Wolverhampton Anti-Racist Committee, mously decided to compile a dossier of the recent knifings, burnings, threats against the black community Dass himself has received numerous abusive phone calls and letters. Popular Froat for the Liberation of invaders and to free the country of HOTEL infinence treachery. The invaders will he driven out and all traitors punished. You leave now."
That was the text of a letter received by N.S. Noor, a leader of the Asian community, on 28 January — the very day that the West Midlands deputy chief constable, Maurice Buck, denying to the world any knowledge of racist activity.
ABUSIVE Noot, like Dass, is well used to abustetarcats tocy come tegurany un the post and on the phone, They are all response of the police? Surely you don't take these seriously?' is what the community leaders are told Anti racists and the black community are taking very seriously the latest incidents. These include:
•A knife atrack by three white youchs • West Indian outside the Connaught Hotel on 25 led, two days later, to the decision by some three hundred back souths to surround the George pub, a hangout of the fascists. •The Guru Ravi Das temple has been Dure ou mumerous occasions, and slogans such "Black bastards home daubed on is walls, On the nehr of 14 January, the back of the temple -firebombed. A police officer told the temple officials: "This is nothing new. It happened to you in Liganda, and now it's happening here.' •On the same night as the burning of mockery.
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INQUIRY go In thetemple, paraffin was used to set fire to three Indian shops, in Park Street South, Len Road, and Cannock Road.
Militants consider that there are probably no more than ten racist thups But coupled with the the eVEn quite the CUUNSLUE harassment of the police themselves — this is quite sufficient to pur the black community in a nervous and combative The Wolverbamptoit police have a Sot to pride themselves on. On 14 June last year, for example, they managed to as be W85 Indian shop: Aller from the Community about what happened to this south, deputy chief constable Buck had a little admission to make in a letter he i am satisfied that the officers concerned were at fault when the man have DELI suitably advised Despite subsequent inquiries. the suspect has nor been re-arrested and the latess information indicates thal he has now left this fear of the black communty are the reports of gangs o! youths touring the streets at night and SECTOIC allacking lone blacks. No doubt to their complete embarrassment, the police 0m 28 January, one of whom was carrying a Just in case he leaves the country". Socialist Challenge is revealing that he is Paul MeNally, whose mother, Alice McNally, stood as the NF candidate for ward in the council elections held in May, 1976, OF purely thei preliminary dossier to the police after HEAD TUBE SELLERSALIMITTL racist commitee is demanding that the Home Oince should set up a non-police inquiry into racism in the toran's police Tore and commut tel lo the remnyal of all racists among the police. They aso want an open labour movemen inquiry into racist and police activicies. POLICE FIT RACISM NO b TOL BRU On Saturday 4 February, 2,000 marched through Wolverhampton IWTON ANTI-RACIST COMMiTTEE NF BILL NOT