2011 England riots

Firefighters put out a shop and flats destroyed by fire during the rioting in Tottenham, London

Rioting took place in several English cities, and towns, between 6 and 10 August 2011. Looting and arson also took place at this time. The riots started when a demonstration took place, on 6 August, about the police's shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, North London. It turned into a riot. Over the next few days, the riots spread to other places in London and then to other areas of England. The riots caused five deaths. 186 police officers were hurt. The University of Nottingham found that British people became more racist after the riots.^[1]

Shooting of Mark Duggan

Main page: Death of Mark Duggan

On 4 August, a police officer shot and killed 29-year-old Mark Duggan during a traffic stop on the Ferry Lane bridge next to Tottenham Hale station. Friends and relatives of Duggan said that he was unarmed, but he was carrying a gun which a man was convicted of supplying to him.

Causes

On 12 August, historian David Starkey blamed black gangster culture. He said that "whites have become black".^[2] Max Hastings of the Daily Mail blamed a culture of welfare dependence.

2011 England Riots Media

Ferry Lane, Tottenham Hale, location of the shooting
A firefighter douses a blaze in Tottenham during the aftermath of the initial riot.
Rioters facing police on the evening of Saturday 6th August 2011
Rioters attempt to loot a cycle shop in Chalk Farm, Camden.
Bank workers in Walthamstow observe the destruction which was caused in the early hours of the morning.
Burnt-out cars in Liverpool
Stand-off between rioters and police in Croydon
A shop in Tottenham Hale Retail park after the looting
A burnt-out building being doused with water. Built by the London Co-operative Society in 1930 as "Union Point", the building included a Carpetright on the ground floor and many flats on the upper storeys.