CHERRY GROCE

Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, apologised "unreservedly" for the shooting and the time it had taken to say "sorry" following an inquest into the death of Dorothy Cherry Groce, whose shooting by the Metropolitan Police triggered the riots. Mrs Groce had survived the police shooting but remained paralysed and used a wheelchair until her death in April 2011 at the age of 63.

CYNTHIA JARRETT

The Broadwater Farm riot, Tottenham, North London, 6 Oct 1985. The events were dominated by 2 deaths. First was that of Cynthia Jarrett, an Afro-Caribbean woman who died the previous day due to heart failure during a police search at her home. It was one of the main triggers of the riot after tension between local black youth and Metropolitan Police was already high due to a local issues and aftermath of another riot in Brixton the previous week following shooting of Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce 2014

JOY GARDNER

Joy Gardner (29 May 1953 – 1 Aug 1993) 40 yr old Jamaican mature student living in London, UK. Gardner died after being detained during a police immigration raid on her home, she was restrained, handcuffs, leather straps and gagged with 13-ft of adhesive tape wrapped around her head. Unable to breathe, she collapsed, suffered brain damage due to asphyxia. She was placed on life support but died 4 days later.

1995 three police officers involved stood trial of manslaughter but were acquitted

MARK DUGGAN

Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old British man, was shot and killed by police in Tottenham, North London on 4 August 2011. The Metropolitan Police stated that officers were attempting to arrest Duggan on suspicion of planning an attack and that he was in possession of a handgun. Duggan died from a gunshot wound to the chest. The circumstances of Duggan's death resulted in public protests in Tottenham, which led to conflict with police and escalated into riots across London and other English cities

RASHAN CHARLES

What happened to Rashan Charles?
Shine A Light's reporting on the ‘accidental death’ of young Black Londoner Rashan Charles in the early hours of Saturday 22 July 2017. By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi and Clare Sambrook.

Rashan Charles, a 20-year-old British man, died on 22 July 2017 following contact with an officer from the Metropolitan Police in Dalston, England. Rasham died after being chased and restrained by a police officer and swallowing a package containing caffeine and Paracetamol.

COLIN ROACH

Colin Roach was a 21-year-old black British man who died from a gunshot wound inside the entrance of Stoke Newington police station, in the London Borough of Hackney, on 12 Jan 1983. Amid allegations of a police cover-up, the case became a cause célèbre for civil rights campaigners and black community groups in the United Kingdom.

Prior Hackney Black People's Association had been calling for a public inquiry into policing in the area, alleging that there existed a culture of police brutality, w...

6 BLACK MEN DIED IN CUSTODY IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

June 2017 - Mar 2018 - Six Black men died over a period of just 9 months while in the custody and during police restraints in England.