Police malpractice in Hackney (1)

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Police malpractice in Hackney
artdoc May=1991
Statewatch no.1 March/April 1991

Hackney Community Defence have taken up 69 cases of police malpractice in 1990;
of these 55 involved black people. In 30 cases people sustained injuries and
11 had to go to hospital. Of the 42 cases in which charges were brought, they
were dropped in 17 cases and acquittals resulted in another 12. Nine people
await a court hearing, and only four have been convicted. These cases do not
include the 31 cases taken up by HCDA in March 1990 arising out of the anti-poll
tax protest in Hackney. Community Defence Winter 1990/91

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