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Blair Peach died after an anti-racism demonstration in Southall, Middlesex, England. Peach (25 March 1946 – 24 April 1979), a New Zealand teacher and activist, had taken part in an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in the town hall. An investigation by Commander John Cass of the Metropolitan Police Service concluded that Peach had been fatally hit on the head by an officer of the service's Special Patrol Group, and that other officers had obstructed the investigation. Excerpts from a leaked copy of this report were published in early 1980. In 1989 the Metropolitan Police paid £75,000 compensation to Peach's family. The full report was not released to the public until 2009, after a newspaper vendor died from being struck from behind by a member of the Territorial Support Group, the Special Patrol Group's successor organisation. The National Union of Teachers has set up an award in Peach's honour, and a school in Ealing is named after him. (Full article...)
Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 02:20, 7 June 2019 (UTC)