1981 Brixton riot

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The 1981 Brixton riot was a major outbreak of civil unrest in south London sparked by tensions between the local Black community and the police, and it became a defining moment in modern British race relations and policing policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil unrest ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
riot ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brixton uprising of 1981 ⓘ
linked to: 1981 Brixton riot
chronology preceded the 1985 Brixton riot ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
damage dozens of vehicles burned ⓘ
hundreds of buildings damaged ⓘ
describedAs defining moment in modern British race relations ⓘ
turning point in UK policing policy ⓘ
endDate 1981-04-12 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved Black British community ⓘ
linked to: Black British
followedBy Scarman inquiry ⓘ
linked to: Scarman Report
hasCause allegations of racist policing ⓘ
economic deprivation in Brixton ⓘ
tensions between the local Black community and the police ⓘ
unemployment among Black youth ⓘ
use of the SUS law by police ⓘ
hasContext Thatcher government economic policies ⓘ
inner-city deprivation in Britain ⓘ
post-war Caribbean immigration to the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEffect Scarman Report recommendations on policing ⓘ
linked to: Scarman Report

changes in police community relations policy in the UK ⓘ
development of community policing approaches ⓘ
greater scrutiny of stop and search practices ⓘ
increased public debate on institutional racism ⓘ
public recognition of tensions between police and Black communities ⓘ
reform of stop and search powers ⓘ
location Brixton ⓘ
England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject policing in the United Kingdom ⓘ
race relations in the United Kingdom ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media coverage in the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableLawInvolved sus law ⓘ
numberOfArrests over 280 ⓘ
numberOfCiviliansInjured dozens ⓘ
numberOfInjured over 280 ⓘ
numberOfPoliceInjured over 280 ⓘ
opposingForce Metropolitan Police ⓘ
partOf 1980s riots in the United Kingdom ⓘ
history of Black people in the United Kingdom ⓘ
history of London ⓘ
race riots in the United Kingdom ⓘ
pointInTime April 1981 ⓘ
significantEvent Scarman Report ⓘ
startDate 1981-04-10 ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brixton → historicallyAssociatedWith → 1981 Brixton riot ⓘ
Tottenham riots 1985 → hasPrecedingEvent → Brixton riot 1985 ⓘ
linked to: 1981 Brixton riot
Notting Hill race riots → relatedEvent → Brixton riots ⓘ
linked to: 1981 Brixton riot
Lord Scarman → notableWork → Report of the Brixton Disorders 10–12 April 1981 ⓘ
linked to: 1981 Brixton riot
1981 Brixton riot → alsoKnownAs → Brixton uprising of 1981 ⓘ
linked to: 1981 Brixton riot