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LOL loony liberals wanting to give free money to THESE PEOPLE duuh obviously the answer is ROBUST POLICING take away their houseing benifits and bring back hanging!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwater_Farm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwater_Farm_riot
On 5 October 1985 a young black man, Floyd Jarrett, was arrested by police, having been stopped in a vehicle with an allegedly suspicious tax disc. Four police officers searched his home. In a disturbance between police and family members, his 49-year-old mother, Cynthia Jarrett, fell over and died almost instantly.
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There was a demonstration the following day outside Tottenham police station by a small crowd of people (source). Violence between police and youths escalated during the day. Riot police tried to clear streets using baton charges.
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The rioting was too intense for police not trained in riot control and they and the firefighters withdrew, chased by rioters. [PC] Blakelock tripped, fell, and was surrounded by a mob with machetes, knives and other weapons, who killed him in an attempt to decapitate him.
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After the events of 1985, Broadwater Farm became the focus of an intensive £33 million regeneration programme in response to the problems highlighted by the riots.[25] The all-white Tenants Association was restructured more accurately to reflect the community, and residents' concerns seriously addressed by the authorities.[11]
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Since the regeneration, Broadwater Farm now has ONE OF THE LOWEST CRIME RATES OF ANY URBAN AREA IN THE WORLD. In the first quarter of 2005, there was not a single reported robbery or outdoor assault on Broadwater Farm, and only a single burglary, from which all property was recovered and the suspect arrested; this compares with 875 burglaries, 50 robberies and 50 assaults in the third quarter of 1985 immediately preceding the riot.[6] In an independent 2003 survey of all the estate's residents, only 2% said they considered the area unsafe, the lowest figure for any area in London.[25] The estate also has the lowest rent arrears of any part of the borough.[5]
In 2005 the Metropolitan Police disbanded the Broadwater Farm Unit altogether as no longer required in an area with such a low crime rate.[6]