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Death of Kevin Gately

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 15, 2024 by Wehwalt (talk) 23:00, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conway Hall, where the National Front planned to meet, and which demonstrators blocked the entrance to.

Kevin Gately died on 15 June 1974 as the result of a head injury received in the Red Lion Square civil disorder in London while protesting against the National Front, a far-right, fascist party. Gately, a 20-year-old student, was not a member of any organisation. On the day, the National Front held a march through central London in support of the expulsion of immigrants. A counter-demonstration was planned by Liberation, an anti-colonial pressure group. When the Liberation march reached Red Lion Square, the International Marxist Group twice charged the police cordon blocking access to Conway Hall (pictured). Police reinforcements forced the demonstrators out of the square. Gately was found unconscious on the ground. He was taken to hospital and died later that day. A public inquiry into the events was conducted by Lord Scarman, who found no evidence that Gately had been killed by the police, but found fault with some police actions. The Labour MP Syd Bidwell described Gately as a martyr against fascism and racism. (Full article...)