AngelsKiss
August 3, 2005, 06:47 AM
We will never get away from racism:
LONDON, England:
ANTHONY WALKER, the 18-year-old black youth who was bludgeoned to death in what police believe was a racially motivated attack in Liverpool, England, last Friday, was of Jamaican parentage.
This was confirmed by the Merseyside police who are investigating the murder.
Walker was hacked to death with an axe as he made his way home Friday night, just minutes after he had been taunted with racist abuse while standing with his white girlfriend and a male relative.
The murder has shocked the community and revived memories of the 1993 murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was stabbed to death by racists in London.
Meanwhile, British police hunting the killers yesterday arrested two men, aged 26 and 29, on suspicion of murder. They already have a 17-year-old in custody and an 18-year-old has been released on bail.
They also want to speak to two other men, Paul Taylor, 20, and Michael Barton, 18, over the death and say the men may have left the country.
Walker, described as a devout Christian, had just completed his A'Levels at Carmel College in St. Helens.
His sister, Dominique Walker, described him as a devoted Christian and a loving and kind young man who wanted to become a lawyer.
Dominique said Anthony was one of six children - he had four sisters and one younger brother. "He was studying law, IT and media; he was going to be a lawyer and he was waiting for his AS results," Dominique said in a release received from the Merseyside police.
Bludgeoned UK youth of J'can descent (http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050802/lead/lead3.html)
LONDON, England:
ANTHONY WALKER, the 18-year-old black youth who was bludgeoned to death in what police believe was a racially motivated attack in Liverpool, England, last Friday, was of Jamaican parentage.
This was confirmed by the Merseyside police who are investigating the murder.
Walker was hacked to death with an axe as he made his way home Friday night, just minutes after he had been taunted with racist abuse while standing with his white girlfriend and a male relative.
The murder has shocked the community and revived memories of the 1993 murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was stabbed to death by racists in London.
Meanwhile, British police hunting the killers yesterday arrested two men, aged 26 and 29, on suspicion of murder. They already have a 17-year-old in custody and an 18-year-old has been released on bail.
They also want to speak to two other men, Paul Taylor, 20, and Michael Barton, 18, over the death and say the men may have left the country.
Walker, described as a devout Christian, had just completed his A'Levels at Carmel College in St. Helens.
His sister, Dominique Walker, described him as a devoted Christian and a loving and kind young man who wanted to become a lawyer.
Dominique said Anthony was one of six children - he had four sisters and one younger brother. "He was studying law, IT and media; he was going to be a lawyer and he was waiting for his AS results," Dominique said in a release received from the Merseyside police.
Bludgeoned UK youth of J'can descent (http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050802/lead/lead3.html)