Tottenham riots 1985

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The Tottenham riots of 1985 were a major outbreak of civil unrest in north London’s Broadwater Farm estate, sparked by tensions between the local Black community and police following the death of Cynthia Jarrett during a police search.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil unrest ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
riot ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Broadwater Farm disturbances ⓘ
Broadwater Farm riot ⓘ
hasBorough London Borough of Haringey ⓘ
hasCasualty PC Keith Blakelock ⓘ
hasCause allegations of police racism ⓘ
death of Cynthia Jarrett ⓘ
perceived police harassment of Black residents ⓘ
police search of Cynthia Jarrett’s home ⓘ
tensions between local Black community and police ⓘ
hasContext economic deprivation on Broadwater Farm estate ⓘ
policing of Black communities in London ⓘ
race relations in 1980s Britain ⓘ
hasCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDecade 1980s ⓘ
hasEndDate 1985-10-06 ⓘ
hasFeature arson ⓘ
attacks on police with knives and machetes ⓘ
looting ⓘ
stone-throwing ⓘ
use of petrol bombs ⓘ
hasLocation Broadwater Farm estate ⓘ
England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Tottenham ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasMainDayOfViolence 1985-10-06 ⓘ
hasNumberOfCiviliansInjured dozens ⓘ
hasNumberOfPoliceOfficersInjured dozens ⓘ
hasNumberOfPoliceOfficersKilled 1 ⓘ
hasOutcome controversial criminal prosecutions ⓘ
increased scrutiny of Metropolitan Police practices ⓘ
major public inquiry into policing on Broadwater Farm ⓘ
policy debates on urban deprivation and policing ⓘ
hasParticipant Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
local Black community in Tottenham ⓘ
residents of Broadwater Farm estate ⓘ
hasPoliceOfficerKilled Keith Blakelock ⓘ
hasPrecedingEvent Brixton riot 1985 ⓘ
linked to: 1981 Brixton riot

death of Cynthia Jarrett ⓘ
longstanding community–police tensions in Tottenham ⓘ
police raid on Jarrett family home ⓘ
hasPropertyDamage extensive ⓘ
hasRelatedEvent Tottenham riots 2011 ⓘ
hasRelatedTopic Broadwater Farm estate ⓘ
Cynthia Jarrett ⓘ
Keith Blakelock ⓘ
Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
hasSignificance one of the most serious riots in modern British history ⓘ
turning point in UK debates on race and policing ⓘ
hasStartDate 1985-10-06 ⓘ
hasTrigger news of Cynthia Jarrett’s death spreading in the community ⓘ

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Tottenham → hasNotableEvent → Tottenham riots 1985 ⓘ