Sunday, May 17, 2009

Memorial for unsolved murder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8054219.stm

Memorial for unsolved murder man

In London they put a memorial stone in the place where Kelso Cochrane 50 years ago was murdered by a gang of white youth. Kelso Cochrane was a carpenter and went to home when the gang took his way and murdered him. The group ran away after murdering him and Kelso Cochran died after one hour in the hospital. The police could never arrest someone in this case because of lack of evidence. More than 1,200 people attended his funeral in 1959. The police thinks that there is no radical motivation behind this case, but many black and white people think that this is the first racist murdering of a black man in modern Britain. "I don't seek revenge for my brother's murder. I just want some sort of closure." Said Kelso’s brother to the BBC. The plaque will be unveiled by the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea Joanna Gardner and the High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda Karl Roberts.

Reflection


Unfortunately there are many sad stories in the nowadays newspapers. This story is one of them. There are many racist people in this world who think that they are the only people who have the right to live a good life. It is very complicated to understand those people and change their mind. I think that radically actions would never stop and would be always continue.

1 comment:

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