Colin Roach, Police Brutality Victim (British), 1983

On 12 January 1983 Colin Roach, a 21-year-old Black Londoner, died from a gunshot wound at the entrance to Stoke Newington police station. A coroner's jury was to later return a majority verdict of suicide despite a mass of inconsistencies. More info about his death here: https://libcom.org/library/workers%E2%80%99-playtime-death-colin-roach-%E2%80%9Ccommunity-policing%E2%80%9D-1983

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