The Mangrove Nine were a group of British black activists tried for inciting a riot at a protest, in 1970, against the police targeting of a Caribbean restaurant. Their trial lasted 55 days and involved various challenges by the Nine to the legitimacy of the judicial process. They were all acquitted of the most serious charges and the trial became the first judicial acknowledgement of behaviour motivated by racial hatred.
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The Mangrove Nine were a group of British black activists tried for inciting a riot at a protest, in 1970, against the police targeting of a Caribbean restaurant in Notting Hill, west London. Their trial lasted 55 days and involved various challenges by the Nine to the legitimacy of the judicial process. They were all acquitted of the most serious charges and the trial became the first judicial acknowledgement of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police. The trial inspired other civil rights activists seeking to take on the legal establishment.
It also resulted in the government changing procedures related to the empanelling of juries to make it more difficult for defendants to influence it. A BBC drama, part of the Small Axe anthology directed by Steve McQueen, first aired in November 2020, is due to air on BBC1. The Mangroves, opened in 1968 by Frank Crichlow, was an important meeting space for the black community in the Notting Hill area.
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