In 1985, police raided the home of Cherry Groce, looking for her son Michael. During the course of the raid, Cherry was and left paralysed from the waist down. The streets answered.
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Listening Tree Video (LT)
April 14, 2021
MICHAEL GROCE INTERVIEWED RE THE BRIXTON UPRISING, 1985
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Police (RH) Resources Hub
September 7, 2020
‘The man who shot my mum is still living his life’: Cherry Groce’s son on life after police brutality
It gradually dawned on the family that the man with the gun was not an armed burglar but a police officer. The scene became hellish.
Police (RH) Resources Hub
August 1, 2020
Say Their Names: 12 Victims of Police and State Brutality in the UK
The fact that the last time a British police officer was convicted for a death in custody was in 1969 – despite several verdicts of unlawful killing since – is all the more galling.