'Death by misudventure' was the jury's verdict at the inquest on Red Lion Square demonstrutor Kevin Gately last week. The police - not to mention the National Front -must have been delighted by the decision.
er had warned them that such a verdiet would mean that Gately had situation. So now we have it spelt out — if you go on a demonstration. it's your own fault if something pasty happens to you. You can't blame those nice British policemen!
The verdict came at the end of two days of evidence in which the history of the events at Red Lion Square had been almost completely re-written -press.
Protest against the trials of the antion 15 June. Picket Bow Street Magistrates" Court at 9.30 am on Monday 22 July.
Hands off Kevin Geraly's comradest No platform for racists and fascists!
Led like lances"
Before the jury retired, the corenthe police cordon deliberately entered into a hazardous.
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Walker - first with the help of various witnesses, and then through the selective editing of the bourgeois ANTI-FASCIST FIGHTERS ON TRIAL! sequence of events.
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'Red Lion Square hanners "Tower Iran a headline on the London Evening News report of the first day of the inquest on Thurs day 11 July. The paper was quoting Guardian reporter Martin Walker, who described how banners were lowered by demonstrators as t bough they were lances' before a contingent "charged"
Unfortunately for Walker and the papers who played up his story. however, all the photographic evidence shows quite clearly that nothing lice this took place Indeed, the photo we print bere show's not only that the banners remained upright but also that Martin Walker had his back to the demonstration at the - and other witnesses -also emphasised that at no time did I see a foot policeman draw a truncheon'. According to the Times, Walker even added that 'he thought the behaviour of the foot police had been brave and admirable. Again, our plioto shows that such comments were hardly justified hy the actual ACUTE HEARING Still, even if the police weren't quite as "brave and admirable' as all that, they do at least have exceptionally acute hearing. Both PC Patrick Horan and PC Terence Callings rold the jury that the 'charge on the police cordon had heen preceded by a shout of now from someone in the demonstration. Fancy being able to pick that out when hundreds of marchers were shouting "Fascists out at the top of their voices?
By the end of the inquest, in lact, it see nied almost as if a veritable horde of demonstrators— armed to the teeth, and Throwing stones and sticks (according to Mrs Elizabeth Mandara) or throwing bricks (accor ding to PC Cyrl Cleover) - had viol ently set upon u few defenceless policemen. No wonder the jury was led to conclude that Kevin Carely was more or less responsibie for his own death The inquest was thus a complete farce, a whitewash of the police from beginning to-end. Its outcome means that it a now all the more importact to organise a Isbour movement enquiry into the events of 15 June. In that way we can eitectirely begin to smash the capitalist conspiracy which now seeks in cover up its responsib ility for the death of Kevin Gately JOHN MARSTON JUST OUT newspaper of the COMMUNIST MAZDOOR DAL THE C Available from RED BOOKS, 97 Caledonian Road, London N.1., price 5p plus postage. Orders of 10 or more post fre