When was PC Blacklock killed?

October 6, 1985
Keith Blakelock/Date of death

What happened Keith Blakelock?

At about 22:15 BST, PC Keith Blakelock was repeatedly stabbed and, a court later heard, attempts were made to decapitate him. PC Blakelock, who was from Sunderland, was trying to protect firefighters tackling a blaze. He died later in hospital. By midnight, 58 policemen and 24 other people had been taken to hospital.

Where was Blakelock killed?

Broadwater Farm Estate, London, United Kingdom
Keith Blakelock/Place of death

Where is Winston Silcott now?

Prison sources said Silcott’s exact release date had yet to be fixed, but confirmed it would be next week. He has been at Blantyre House open prison in Kent since 2002. The Parole Board’s decision to release Silcott was approved by the Home Office and the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf.

How many Brixton riots died?

Reports suggested that up to 5,000 people were involved. The Brixton riot was followed by similar riots in July in many other English cities and towns….

1981 Brixton riot
Methods	Rioting, looting, arson
Casualties and losses
279 police officers injured 45 members of the public injured

Who was killed in the Brixton riots?

PC Blakelock had been assigned, on the night of his death, to Serial 502, a unit of 11 constables and one sergeant, dispatched to protect firefighters who were themselves under attack….Murder of Keith Blakelock.

Keith Blakelock
Born	28 June 1945 Sunderland, County Durham, England
Died	6 October 1985 (aged 40) Broadwater Farm, Tottenham, England

What caused the Toxteth riots?

During nine days of civil unrest in July 1981, 468 police officers were injured, 500 people were arrested and 70 buildings were damaged so severely by fire they had to be demolished. The riots, which saw the worst of the violence on July 5 and 6, were sparked by the arrest of a young black man.

Who did Winston Silcott murder?

At least two knives and a machete were used, with one knife left embedded in his neck. Winston Silcott was a known villain and had been on bail for the murder of Anthony Smith at the time of the riot. He had previously served time for a stabbing and had been tried twice for another murder before being acquitted.

What was Operation Swamp 81?

The police recognised the rising crime: at the beginning of April, the Metropolitan Police began Operation Swamp 81, a plainclothes operation to reduce crime (named after prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s 1978 assertion that the UK “might be rather swamped by people of a different culture”), and uniformed patrols were …

Who started Brixton riots?

Labour MP Alex Lyon said that in his view the riots were an accumulation of frustration by blacks, exacerbated by unemployment. As reported by the Morning Star at the time, one trade union leader claimed that Margaret Thatcher’s policies were directly responsible for the riots in Brixton and Bristol.

What caused the 1985 Brixton riots?

It was sparked by the shooting of Dorothy “Cherry” Groce by the Metropolitan Police, while they sought her 21-year-old son Michael Groce in relation to a robbery and suspected firearms offence; they believed Michael Groce was hiding in his mother’s home. …

How many died in the Toxteth riots?

1981 Toxteth riots
Location	Toxteth, Liverpool
Methods	Rioting, arson, looting
Casualties and losses
1 death 486 to 1,000 police officers injured 500 arrests

What happened at Broadwater Farm in 1985?

Broadwater Farm riot. The Broadwater Farm riot occurred on the Broadwater council estate in Tottenham, North London, on 6 October 1985. The events of the day were dominated by two deaths.

What was the Broadwater Farm riot and what caused it?

PC Keith Blakelock was stabbed to death in the Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham, north London, on 6 October 1985. But what caused the riots? Built in 1967, Broadwater Farm Estate contained more than 1,000 flats, housing more than 3,000 people.

What caused the Broadwater Farm memo controversy?

Broadwater Farm memo controversy 1985. Broadwater Farm riot was part of a series of riots sparked by the shooting of the mother of Michael Groce — both Afro-Caribbean in a mainly Afro-Caribbean neighbourhood — by the Metropolitan Police on 28 September 1985 in the mainly Afro-Caribbean Lambeth neighbourhood, sparked a second riot in Brixton.

How many people died in the Brixton riot?

In the Brixton riot, 50 people were injured and there were more than 200 arrests. Broadwater Farm resident Cynthia Jarrett died of heart failure after four policemen burst into her home during a raid on 5 October 1985.