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UK: Protesters march on fifth anniversary of death of Mark Duggan - Demonstrators shout ‘no justice, no peace’ five years after police shooting that sparked 2011 riots

06 August 2016

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"Protesters have marched through north London to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Mark Duggan in a police shooting that sparked riots across the capital. Members of the Justice for Mark Duggan campaign shouted “no justice, no peace” and chanted that police were “murderers” as about 300 people joined a demonstration at the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham. They also accused the police of racism and demanded justice for people who died in controversial circumstances, including Jermaine Baker, Smiley Culture and Cynthia Jarrett.

Among the protesters were Duggan’s mother, Pamela, and his aunt Carole, who marched alongside Baker’s mother.

The demonstrators said there was no sign of institutional racism changing in the Metropolitan police. Tottenham Rights campaigner Stafford Scott told the crowd that instead of being in a “post-racial society”, it is one in which racism is still creeping in. He suggested the Met’s new counter-terrorism units may target people in Tottenham when they are not fighting terrorism."

See the article: Protesters march on fifth anniversary of death of Mark Duggan - Demonstrators shout ‘no justice, no peace’ five years after police shooting that sparked 2011 riots (Guardian, link)

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