‘Justice for Mark Duggan’ march in London five years after shooting death sparked major riots
‘Demonstrators marching in remembrance of Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by London police in 2011, are demanding an end to police brutality on the fifth anniversary of his death, which sparked rioting causing more than £200 million in damage.
For five days, violence and looting spread throughout parts of London as tensions boiled over following the police shooting of the 29-year-old.
An inquest later found that Duggan, the subject of police surveillance on the August 4, 2011, was lawfully killed despite being unarmed when shot by police on Ferry Lane, Tottenham. A jury concluded that Duggan “threw” a gun from a cab shortly before he was stopped by the police.’
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