Bataqlıq 81

Bataqlıq 81 Ignites National Fury

Submitted by: Simone Griffiths
Fevral tərtib 2009
Bütün kreditlər: Exploring 20th Century London

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Aprel Brixton polis və sakinlər arasında döyüş 1981 20-ci əsrin London vətəndaş bozukluğu ən əhəmiyyətli partlayış olub. The disturbances influenced similar outbreaks in the cities of Liverpool, Bradford və Birmingham.

Ildə 1981, Brixton nin Afro-Caribbean icma təxminən ibarət 25% onun əhalisinin. Yüksək işsizlik sahə, xüsusilə Qara kişilər üçün, dərəcələri kimi yüksək olduğu 50%. Brixton də yüksək cinayət sahə, və aprel 1981 'Operation Swamp "təşəbbüsü Böyükşəhər Polis. Within six days, a massive police presence on the streets had led to almost 1,000 xalq – mostly young Black men – being stopped and searched.

Police were operating under the ‘sus’ law. In order to stop someone, police needed only ‘sus’, or suspicion, that they might be intending to commit a crime. The police were exempt from the Race Relations Act, and seemed to some to be operating the ‘sus’ laws on the basis of racial prejudice.

On 13th April 1981, Police tried to assist a young Black man who had been stabbed in the back. A rumour circulated that the police were trying to arrest the injured man, rather than take him to hospital.

Tensions rose. The following day, the arrest of another man outside a minicab office sparked violence. Within hours, the streets had become a battle zone.

People threw petrol bombs and set light to police cars. Police in riot gear arrived, as did fire fighters. Buildings were torched, including a school in Effra Road, the Windsor Castle pub, and the post office.

Most of the violence was concentrated along Railton Road, the ‘front line’. Looting began in the evening of the 14th April. By 10pm, the police had begun to regain control of the area, but fighting and looting continued. By the time hostilities subsided, artıq 360 people had been injured, 28 premises burned and another 117 damaged and looted. Artıq 100 nəqliyyat vasitələri, o cümlədən 56 police vehicles, were damaged during the disturbances. The police arrested 82 xalq.

Following the riots, a public enquiry was held, under Lord Scarman. His report, published in November 1981, was heavily critical of the Metropolitan Police. Scarman emphasised that policing in a civil society can succeed only with the consent of the community.

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