Toxteth riot Photograph. [2].

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Davidson, John, photographer.

Mirrorpix, owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Toxteth Riots, Liverpool, England, 1981.

England--Liverpool.

Genre:

Photographs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 photograph).

Production:

[Liverpool] : Liverpool Echo, John Davidson, 1981.

Summary:

Archival caption: Toxteth Riot 5th July 1981 A police officer in riot gear stands amongst the broken glass and burning shops in Park Road The riots was sparked following the interception by police of motorcyclists Leroy Cooper in Selbourne Street. A crowd gathered, name-calling grew into jostling and within minutes there was a full-scale fracas that saw three police officers hurt and a young local man, arrested on assault charges. It did not stop there. Police mounted extra patrols in the area and early the following evening, July 4, they came under attack from a crowd armed with bricks and petrol bombs. The fuse had been lit on nine days of disorder that saw hundreds of police and public injured, one man dead, 500 arrested, 70 buildings destroyed and damage estimated at £11m.

Notes:

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Reference: 01043426.