Down in the street just waiting for a bus
This cop comes up, their giving me the SUS
They said 'Hey sonny, I think you're in our file.
Well, you better come with us for a while'
We got you on SUS
You look to obvious
You better come with us
And don't make no fuss
We got you on SUS
So they shake me down
Try to make me look like a clown
I just stare at the ground
You better come with us
(We got you on SUS)
You look too obvious
(You better come with us)
And don't make no fuss
(Too obvious)
You better come with us
(Don't make no fuss)
We got you well,
We got you on SUS
You look too obvious
(We got you on SUS)
You better come with us
(You look too obvious)
And don't make no fuss
(You better come with us)
We got you on SUS
(You better come with us)
Don't make no fuss
(You better come with us)
We got you on SUS
(You better come with us)
We got you well
(You better come with us)
We got you well
We got you in SUS
This cop comes up, their giving me the SUS
They said 'Hey sonny, I think you're in our file.
Well, you better come with us for a while'
We got you on SUS
You look to obvious
You better come with us
And don't make no fuss
We got you on SUS
So they shake me down
Try to make me look like a clown
I just stare at the ground
You better come with us
(We got you on SUS)
You look too obvious
(You better come with us)
And don't make no fuss
(Too obvious)
You better come with us
(Don't make no fuss)
We got you well,
We got you on SUS
You look too obvious
(We got you on SUS)
You better come with us
(You look too obvious)
And don't make no fuss
(You better come with us)
We got you on SUS
(You better come with us)
Don't make no fuss
(You better come with us)
We got you on SUS
(You better come with us)
We got you well
(You better come with us)
We got you well
We got you in SUS
inviata da Dead End - 18/12/2012 - 10:24
Un altro brano già presente sulle CCG/AWS ispirato alle "Sus laws" è Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) di Linton Kwesi-Johnson.
Dead End - 18/12/2012 - 14:41
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Parole e musica di Paul Fox, Malcolm Owen, Dave Ruffy e John Jennings (The Ruts) con Richard Mannah, uno dei “roadies” della band.
In Gran Bretagna, con l’espressione “Sus law” s’intendono quelle leggi che, a partire dal “Vagrancy Act” del 1824, accordavano alla polizia il potere di fermare, perquisire ed arrestare una “Sus-pect person” per il solo fatto di avere un atteggiamento sospetto, in odore di reato. L’arbitrarietà del giudizio poliziesco era ovviamente assoluta e se pure la legge prevedesse la presenza di almeno due testimoni a carico del fermato questi erano sempre due dei poliziotti di pattuglia. A partire dalla fine degli anni 70, con l’esplodere delle tensioni razziali, le “Sus law” anziché un deterrente divennero l’ennesimo problema perché davano mano libera alla polizia nel perseguitare le minoranze etniche e le comunità d’immigrati ed erano giustamente percepite da questi ultimi come l’ennesima restrizione, l’ennesimo insulto. Molti dei “riots” scoppiati tra la fine dei 70 e l’inizio degli 80 (a St Pauls, Bristol, nel 1980, a Brixton, London, Toxteth, Liverpool, Handsworth, Birmingham e Chapeltown, Leeds nel 1981) ebbero come pretesto proprio arresti e detenzioni arbitrarie.
Le “Sus law” vennero abrogate nel 1981 ma periodicamente la loro reintroduzione irrompe nel dibattito politico inglese…