Campaigners back call to name street after Anthony

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THE father of murdered teenager Anthony Walker has backed calls for a street to be named in his honour. Anti-racism campaigners are calling for a road in the city to be given the 18-year-old's name after he was killed in a racist attack a year ago.

Last night, mechanic Steve Walker, of Toxteth, said: "I am all for it as long as the street is on a main road and not in a corner of Liverpool somewhere. "It has to be where people can see it and recognise his name, they will remember that he was killed for no reason. "Every morning I drive past the cemetery. He was just a kid and I didn't have any real history of him."

Mr Walker said he hopes a street named after Anthony would make a difference in the battle against racism.
The idea was first mooted by Cllr Barbara Mace who proposed that street names in Liverpool linked to the slave trade should be changed.

She also said that streets should be called after figures who contributed to the abolition of slavery and leading anti-racism campaigners.

Her proposals included a plan to name a street after Anthony who died after being killed with an axeas he and his cousin walked his girlfriend through McGoldrick Park.

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