In Tottenham, property-led regeneration schemes were floated by the local council as a way of using gentrification to displace any underlying problems. These ideas eventually ran aground on the rocks of local politics.
In fact, the only real legacy of the events of August has been the increasingly authoritarian way in which police and courts handle public protest and public disorder.
The riots emerged out of a peaceful march to demand information about the death of Mark Duggan, a black man from Tottenham, north London, who had been shot dead by the police on August 4. There are varying accounts of what precisely triggered the outbreak of violence. What is known is that protestors were forced to wait outside the station for several hours before a relatively junior officer was sent to address the crowd, who soon began fighting with the police.
These images of rioters driving the police the streets quickly proved an inspiration to others. The rapid spread of the unrest took the British establishment by surprise and left commentators scrambling for explanations. Some focused on hostility to the police, socio-economic disadvantage and the desire to reclaim public space.
But others followed the line set by the coalition government, arguing that widespread looting indicated that consumer culture was a vital factor. The penal response to the rioters was enormous and unprecedented. In a bid to ramp up "the shock and awe of the criminal justice system" as the then-chief crown prosecutor for the north-west of England actually put it , every stage of the process has been shown to have been made more punitive and more authoritarian.
The Crown Prosecution Service - led at the time by current Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer - immediately relaxed the threshold used to determine whether or not to press charges. Police shot him twice , believing he was armed. The gun was later found five metres from his body tossed over a fence. News of the fatal shooting of Duggan spread quickly and outrage at the killing triggered riots across the country.
Two days after his death, Mr Duggan's relatives marched from the Broadwater Farm estate where they lived to Tottenham police station, chanting "we want answers". By , the year I did jury service, parliamentary debate made as many references to Russian punk band Pussy Riot as to the events of With seven more years of hindsight, the lack of policy response is astonishing.
In reality, the policy had been brewing for many years and ministers quickly stopped associating the two. In Tottenham, property-led regeneration schemes were floated by the local council as a way of using gentrification to displace any underlying problems. These ideas eventually ran aground on the rocks of local politics.
In fact, the only real legacy of the events of August has been the increasingly authoritarian way in which police and courts handle public protest and public disorder. The riots emerged out of a peaceful march to demand information about the death of Mark Duggan, a black man from Tottenham, north London, who had been shot dead by the police on August 4.
There are varying accounts of what precisely triggered the outbreak of violence. What is known is that protestors were forced to wait outside the station for several hours before a relatively junior officer was sent to address the crowd, who soon began fighting with the police. These images of rioters driving the police the streets quickly proved an inspiration to others. Tory governments have ignored recommendations on family support, youth unemployment and police relations, says David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham.
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But he wanted to help her stay safe. Published: 4 Aug The disturbances in north-east London are a reflection of longstanding frustration over police conduct, says youth worker Franklyn Addo. Have we not learned anything from ? Published: 5 Aug Published: 18 Jul
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