lating to persons arrested for indictable crime during 1975 revealed that the involvement of black people in the arrest figures is disproportionate in respect to every main category of crime.
The police campaign amounts to an antempt to justify and give credibility to the racist ideas advanced by people like Powell, who talked of mugging as a new and racial phenomenon when he spoke at a seminar in Cambridge organised by the Police Federation. Case doubl as lo wnal ne is inviting — his utterances give an air of legal sanctity to tascist and racist thugs in their attacks on blacks. Fascists and racists become heroes, defenders of God, the fatherland and white women'.
Of course, we do not deny the involvement of a section of black youth in street robberies and theft.
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But it must couldn't have anything to do with racist La ook al te convicnion figures might in the event show a similarly disproportionate involvement of black people. But with judges like Gwyn Morris around, that wouldn't be too surprising Furthermore, the amount of violence involved has been grossly exaggerated and ne vo vener or ecery women nas been overplayed in order to engender the wagelessness (or its insufficiency), resorted to alternative forms of earnings But it is important not to view such activity as crime, since the whole concept of criminality within the context of our present society is an integral part of the ideology of the ruling class. JUDGE GWYN MORRIS made his call for 'street vigilante corps while passing sentence on six black youths accuseo or muceine onences Their so-called leader, 17-year-old Crawford, years imensonment CAr Bennett, 16, was ordered to a detention centre for five years; Julian Llewellyn and Denville Newell. both 16 were ordered to be detained for three years and Cecil Crawford, 16, was sentenced to Borstal training. Oniv Clinton Harris WaS released his sentence deferred for six months pending reinese sentences were imposed 10 theft, robbery and burglary. None of the youths were accused of causing any sentous Intur Four days later, Judge Morris was sitting in another case. This time three winte men were accused or violent artacking and injuring three Nigerians Morris described it penaver savager three innocent Nigeriar then sentenced two roune cuny or causina actua bodily harm, to nine months imprisonment, suspended for two years; and the third man gunty of causing grievous bodily harm, to a mere three But then, they were white