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#OtD 1 Aug 1993 Joy Gardner, a 40-year-old Jamaican woman, died in north London, a few days after police tried to deport her. They held her down and wrapped 13ft of surgical tape round her head, suffocating her https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8055/joy-gardner-dies?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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And they thought that was OK? Who is training these morons?

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EVIL is taking over the world...WE MUST FIGHT BACK!

Lyricismist

@workingclasshistory Christ…

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@workingclasshistory Alt text: shown is Joy Gardner smiling to the camera.

John Wilson WSWS

@workingclasshistory The WSWS has three articles on Joy Gardner.

The killing of Joy Gardner: A Workers Inquiry is needed
The International Communist Party (July 1 1995)
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/07/28/stat-j28.html

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/07/28/gard-j28.html

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/01/gard-a01.html

The ICP/SEP did hold a Workers' Inquiry and its results were published:

Socialist Equality Party
A State Murder Exposed: The Truth about the Killing of Joy Gardner
https://mehring.com/product/a-state-murder-exposed-the-truth-about-the-killing-of-joy-gardner/