The gentrification of Brixton 40 years on from the 1981 riots

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 gentrification of Brixton 40 years on from the 1981 riots

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