"Poster, 'Murdered by the Police', regarding death of Blair Peach, 1979" [NMLH.2025.38.6]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.38.6

Object Name
poster

Title
Murdered by the Police

Place
London, UK

People
Blair Peach,

Date
1979

Description
Poster with a black and white photograph of a man being dragged across the floor by a police officer in uniform in the centre. Above this, text reads 'MURDERED BY THE POLICE', with a red photograph of Blair Peach on the left hand side. Beneath the main photograph, text reads 'THE SPECIAL PATROL POLICE | BREAKS STRIKES | INFILTRATES THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT | DEFENDS THE NAZI NATIONAL FRONT | DISBAND THE POLICE SPECIAL PATROL GROUP. | DEMONSTRATE SAT 22 JUNE 2PM THE EMBANKMENT'.

Blair Peach was a New Zealand teacher, killed during an anti-racism demonstration in Southall London. Peach had been present at a demonstration against the National Front when he was hit in the head by a member of the Special Patrol Group, a specialist unit within the Metropolitan Police Service. He died in hospital later that night.

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