Datenschutz, Impressum
 
Brixton, the 11th April 1981
 
 

One opinion is:

  • the built – up tension exploded on Friday
  • a police car patrol found a young Black with a stab wound in his back
  • they called an ambulance and bandaged the youth
  • a group of young Blacks attacked them
  • the second police car arrived
  • a crowd of black youths was built up
  • the black youths threw bottles through the windscreens
  • later the road was filled with police, sirens, vehicles and young Blacks
  • the Blacks gathered together
  • police tried to push the riot back
  • there was fierce fighting
  • police was annoyed – and Blacks went jumpy
  • 5000 people were estimated to be involved
Another opinion is:
  • A black man was killed by cops
  • Demonstrators complained about the police’s attitude to the local black community
  • the demonstration cannot be seen as revenge for the dead black man, but must be considered as an act of protest against the racist social system
source: http://www.gn.apc.org/gridlock/brixton.htm

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