Two days ago, the British police claimed that former well-known reggae singer, Smiley Culture, had "committed suicide" during a police raid on his Surrey home.
The Met police, who are notoriously corrupt, told the press, that they had gone to Smiley Cultures home, on a 'tip off'.
I do not condone or promote taking or drug-selling, but there is supposed to be a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. But lets not be distracted, let me tell you a story.
Smiley Culture (whose given name was David Emmanuel) sang a song in the 1980's called "Police Officer". The song was popular among the young, anyone who had experienced police oppression, and was even trendy with 'right on' establishment types.
Part of the lyrics went as follows:
"Police officer, no give me producer. Police officer no give me no producer!"
In those days, anytime a white policeman, (there was no such thing as a Black policeman in those days) saw a Black man driving a car, (especially a smart car) he would go mad, start jumping up and down hysterically, and angrily tell the Black man, to "pull over".
Then the white police man would rip and tear up the insides of the Black man's car, and if challenged, would claim he was "looking for something...and shut up chalky".
When they could not find 'anything', they would start to interrogate the young Black man, by inquiring as to how a "Black man like you" could afford "that kind of car?". The honest answer would normally be "I work".
The policeman would become more and more red-faced with rage, and eventually rage at the Black man, and instruct the Black man to "come into the station...I'm giving you a producer".
This meant, that the working Black man was inconvenienced by having to go into the police station (normally at a time when he should have been at work) with all his personal identifying documents, car-insurance papers, tax papers, plus his passport, plus proof of work.
Once a young Black man was caught in the white policeman's "producer" web, he was bound forever.
From that day onwards, that Black man would be "targeted" by the police, and no week would go by without these Black men, being called into the police station at least three or four days out of seven.
This caused many a Black man to lose his job, or to sell his car for the inconvenience, and even to turn to Rastafari.
Therefore, some Black men, got into the habit of asking the police not to 'give them a producer' (code for please would you mind not inconveniencing me).
Many a Black parent would accept the word of the police over their own children, and they would even throw their own children out of the home, if they were convinced, that the young man had 'embarrassed' them. Many a Black parent, literally made their son's homeless on hearing that their son had been 'given a producer'. The term they would use was "you have brought shame on us!"
And therefore, Smiley Cultures song was one of the most popular songs of the time. A real social commentary, that even Teddy the MP appreciated.
So you can imagine the reverberations when Black people heard the rubbish spouted by the police, that he had "stabbed himself with a single blow og s knife". This is typical 'murder-by-police' talk.
One of the sinister things that the police used to do to Black men, was to disappear them. Sometimes, parents or girlfriends would be sitting at home fretting if their loved one, was late or 'went missing'. The odds of a Black 'disappearing' if he 'drove, or God help him, if he was young, good-looking and drove a 'stylish' or 'expensive' car. He would be a "target" for the police.
So the term "producer" was not just a reference to having to 'produce' vehicle documentation in the police station, it became synonymous with 'deaths in custody', 'getting a good kicking in the back of the meat wagon -e.g. the possibility of being made sterile by being kicked in the balls by policemen's steel-toed boots, or literally ending up with a long term prison sentence on trumped up charges, including murder or rape.
Getting a 'producer' was a deadly situation.
Hence, when we hear the police tell the world that they raided Smiley's home, and he "stabbed himself", this sounds like some kind of time-warp situation.
Have we gone back to the 1970's and 80's?
The Independent Police Corrupted Commission has been called in to "investigate" the death. What is there to investigate? The police murdered the man - simple!
Name the police officer who drove the knife in, and I'll call that news, otherwise, we are on the hunt for the bastard! Get rid of the IPCC, and lets get it on,
Whether or not David Emmanuel was involved in drugs is neither here nor there to me, I want to knwo who planned his murder, who colluded to cover the murder up, and who in 'High Places" is holding a grundge against him?
Is it Prince Charles or Prince Philip? Both used to hang out in Brixton - who done it?!
