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On Monday March 2 the Action Committee organised the " Black People's Day of Action ", when 20, 000 people marched over a period of eight hours from Fordham Park to Hyde Park with slogans including " Thirteen Dead and Nothing Said ", " No Police Cover-Up " and " Blood Ah Go Run If Justice No Come ".

A telling slogan was " Dame Jill Knight Set The Fire Alight!

" A reference to a controversial speech by Dame Jill Knight, a right-wing member of the ruling Conservative party which was widely interpreted as condoning or even encouraging " direct action " against noisy parties.