#OtD 16 Mar 1972 four UK Black Power activists were assaulted by police in Oval tube station, falsely accused of stealing handbags and jailed.

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#OtD 16 Mar 1972 four UK Black Power activists were assaulted by police in Oval tube station, falsely accused of stealing handbags and jailed. The officer responsible was later exposed for falsifying evidence frequently in order to frame Black men https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8811/oval-4-arrested