On Black People's Day of Action in 1981, thousands of people marched to Downing Street, peacefully in demonstration to protest against the Metropolitan Police's handling of the investigation of the New Cross Fire in which 13 black people people died. McNee is the then Met Police Commissioner, David McNee, who presided over some of the worst racial tension between the black community and the police.
Black people felt at the time that the fire had been started by right wing organisations that were active in the area. It was also felt that the incident was not fairly reported by the national newspapers at the time. The police investigation reported that the fire had started in the house.
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