SEVEN DAYS after police shot and paralysed Cherry Groce in Brixton, Cynthia Jarrett died of heart-failure when home and knocked her to the ground during their illegal search. The response of Bernie Grant and other the establishment down on their heads.
• Jarrett's righteous indignation.
told CAROL TURNER why the Jarrett Family Defence Campaign will continue to press its demand for a public enquiry.
My mum's death hit most people as if it could have been Houter.
There are a lot of guys out there getting into trouble and the police are coming to their houses and searching. It could have "ferr mother an insult and an injustice.
A week before the cops had SIDI LUWIL Cherry Groce hey did my num. When the riot broke out on eople didn't go out there to loot or anything. They went out against olice People can't take hat much lying down.
Now they've got plastic bullets and CS gas. That's a lot different isn't it? Peodie don't want to gel sno plastic bullet; they don't want to get killed.
Everybody who's had their searched since the riots has seen a gun: in Halt. their presence, in their house.
The result of the indeat into mother's was Dest expect: accidental We were saying all along that one of the cops pushed my mother. They were claiming they didn't. he one wno pusned my mother was saying he was Tottenham police raided her Haringey black councillors brought the full wrath of But the have generated PATRICK JARRETT, one of Cynthia's sons, somewhere else in the house.
No one put themselves in ey werender the time.
were denying that unev were mere. Done accidental death the inquest was saying that one dite cous. unnamed. did push my mother but it was an accident.
We couldn't really expect a result of accidental killing in a place like that. That wouldn't VIle Nolning reall happens in Britain, does I don't think anything result that verdict.
job or anything like that. They might be en. - ANTIN AT ORM C by their own law and their own people.
People Broadwater Harm are taking the verdict in their own way. Those who know about the law know that it is a good result. winer. were expecting a copper to charged witl murder. But feelings are the same I suppose: they think that one of them should have been charged with my mother's death in court. Full stop.
The police presence is still there on the farm. They've got what we call supergrass cropped up after the riot. They just sit there waiting Hurd and Kenneth Newman are bringing their tacties from Ireland over here to the mainland now.
the Sundar after my mother's death I went with other relatives some local councilors aru people from the Farm to a meeting at the police stabul aller al hour dr so nothing was coming out of it. We wanted a public enquiry; they were sayle there was going to be a police enquiry You can't have police investigating police, They are all one bi throw out part of your family. Such an enquiry was pound to corle out on the side of the police.
Bernie Grant and the Haringev COCOONS ed an enquiry, but I don't think anything is happening yet. Bernie Grant will keep his promise now. . He saying there would be WaD an enquiry quest. Now the verdict's gone in our favour things should move bernie gor into trouble for speaking out. But you can only be honest, can't say hones thin That , then you hurt people he got a ton of bricks down on top of him. They didn't want to hear that from a council leaver In a general sense agreed with what he said.
was talking the truth. A lot of black people car recognise that. They knot we ve been under oressure for a long time now.
Socialist Action 20 December 1985