Library books? Il one of the most blatant instancos of State barassment of the revolutionary left yet seen. a member of the IMG in Birmingham was arrested last Saturday and held in cust ody Tor more than two days belore being released on a charge of illegal possession of three It was 8.30 on Satunday morning when Bonh Squad detectives raided Kevin Crowe's fat for the secund time in three months, claiming this time that they had beer given his address as sopeone involved in the bombing campaigi by an unonymous caller. After sarching the fat fur an hour, they confiscated his addreas hock and took him off to Summertield Park police satien, where he was interrogated all day about his connections with the revolutionary and Republican movertents. On Saturday evening, he was transferred to Steelhouse case. Lane police station, where be was Jocked up and refused facilities tu contact a solicitor or anyone eise Not until 3.30 pm on Monday was be released, on a surety of EID0, but without his address book This incident marks a clear escalation in the harassotent of the revolutionary left, In the montas to come, as the struggie develops towards a major confrontation, we can expect many more such instances, involving not just ine revolutionary left but also an increasing number of trade union litants. le such police activity is not to be gradually regarded by an in creusing cumber of people as normal' and even 'acceptable" and there are airendy signs of this tendency - then the labour and socialist move ment mast see it as an argent task to take up and expose the implications of every such
Red Weekly1973Red Weekly No. 29, 30 November 1973
Police hold IMG member
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