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Broadwater Farm, often referred to simply as "The Farm", [1] [2] is an area in Tottenham, North London, straddling the River Moselle.The eastern half of the area is dominated by the Broadwater Farm Estate ("BWFE"), an experiment in high-density social housing, loosely based on Corbusian ideas, dominated by concrete towers connected by walkways (the controversial, so-called "Streets in the sky ...
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. The first was that of Cynthia Jarrett, an Afro-Caribbean woman who died the previous day due to heart failure during a police search at her home.
Winston Silcott (born 1959), [1] a British citizen born to Caribbean parents, was wrongfully convicted in March 1987, as one of the "Tottenham Three", for the murder of PC Keith Blakelock on the night of 6 October 1985 during the Broadwater Farm riot in north London – despite not having been near the scene. The convictions of all three ...
Keith Henry Blakelock QGM, a London Metropolitan Police constable, was murdered on 6 October 1985 during the Broadwater Farm riot in Tottenham, north London.The riot broke out after Cynthia Jarrett died of heart failure during a police search of her home, and took place against a backdrop of unrest in several English cities and a breakdown of relations between the police and some people in the ...
On 6 August, an initially peaceful protest was held, beginning at Broadwater Farm and finishing at Tottenham police station. [13] The protest was organised by friends and relatives of Mark Duggan (who was killed by police on 4 August 2011), to assert a perceived unmet need for justice for the family.
Mark Duggan was born on 15 September 1981 [14] and grew up in Broadwater Farm, north London. His parents were of mixed Irish and African-Caribbean descent. [15] Between the ages of 12 and 17, he lived with his maternal aunt Carole in Manchester. [16] His maternal aunt Julie was married to Manchester gangland boss Desmond Noonan. [17]
Broadwater Farm, the scene of rioting in 1985. The Broadwater Farm riot occurred around the Broadwater Farm Estate on 6 October 1985 following the death of Cynthia Jarrett. Jarrett was a resident of Tottenham who lived about one mile (two kilometres) from the estate, who died of heart failure during a police search of her home.
As council leader during the 1985 Broadwater Farm riot, in which policeman PC Keith Blakelock was murdered, Grant was brought to national attention when he gave a speech outside Tottenham Town Hall, in which he was widely misquoted as saying "The police were to blame for what happened on Sunday night and what they got was a bloody good hiding ...