TIMELINE New Cross Fire

TOPPLED BLM protest in Bristol

January 18, 1981

Suspected race hate blaze at birthday party killed 13 black youngsters, aged 14-22, in South East London. On March 2, 20,000 marched with placards saying “13 Dead, Nothing Said”. No charges brought over fire.

Brixton Riots April 11, 1981

Three days of mayhem. Shops torched and looted as the riots exploded out of control.

Death of Colin Roach January 12, 1983

Colin Roach, 21, died from gun wounds at Stoke Newington Police Station. Police said it was suicide, but allegations followed of a cover-up.

Broadwater Farm Riots, Tottenham October 6, 1985

Mum Cynthia Jarrett, 49, died from heart failure in police raid for stolen property. Nothing was found. Trouble erupted the next day. PC Keith Blakelock was hacked to death. A week earlier, Brixton mum Cherry Groce, 37, was shot and paralysed by police searching for her son.

Stephen Lawrence– April 22, 1993

Stephen, 18, was murdered in Eltham, South East London. Met Police were criticised and 1999 Macpherson Report concluded it was “institutionally racist”. Gary Dobson and David Norris found guilty of his murder in 2012.

Mark Duggan August 4, 2011

Mark, 29, shot dead by officers in Tottenham, sparking UK-wide riots. In 2019 the family settled a damages claim against the Met, which did not accept liability.

Black Lives Matter 2020... ongoing

After US death of George Floyd in May 2020, thousands have taken to the streets of Britain calling for racial equality.

Sewell Report March 2021

Report said UK not “deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities” and few inequalities are directly down to race. Critics slammed it.