Forty years ago, against a backdrop of recession, socio-economic plight and race-related tension, rioting broke out in Brixton. Across three days rioters – angered by the use of controversial police stop-and-search powers which they claimed had been used to unfairly target black youths – battled against thousands of Met officers as buildings burned around them. … Read more
Forty years ago, against a backdrop of recession, socio-economic plight and race-related tension, rioting broke out in Brixton. Across three days rioters – angered by the use of controversial police stop-and-search powers which they claimed had been used to unfairly target black youths – battled against thousands of Met officers as buildings burned around them. … Read more
The British brother of rapper 21 Savage was stabbed to death ‘during an argument with a friend,’ on a south London estate, it has been revealed. Terrell Davis was killed on the Blenheim Gardens estate in Brixton last night. Mr Davis, a 27-year-old drill rapper known as TM1way, had been taking some shopping to his … Read more
The British brother of rapper 21 Savage was stabbed to death ‘during an argument with a friend,’ on a south London estate, it has been revealed. Terrell Davis was killed on the Blenheim Gardens estate in Brixton last night. Mr Davis, a 27-year-old drill rapper known as TM1way, had been taking some shopping to his … Read more
Dozens of demonstrators brought Brixton to a halt as they marched through London to mark Afrikan Emancipation Day. The coalition of action groups – led by Stop The Maangamizi: We Charge Genocide/Ecocide and the Afrikan Emancipation Day reparations march committee – took the drastic action to ‘make themselves heard’ in a bid for reparations from the UK … Read more
Man, 19, denies violent disorder as he appears in court over illegal Brixton street party after 27 police officers were injured in violent clashes- while three more are charged Arrests come after police shutdown party in Brixton, London, on Wednesday A total of 27 officers were injured in the clashes, while two were taken to hospital … Read more