On this day, 11 April 1981 in London rumours about police brutality against a young black man, against the background of the aggressive policing Operation Swamp 81, sparked days of rioting. Brixton’s youth, both black and white, turned their anger on the police, leaving 280 injured in what would be one of the iconic urban riots of the Thatcher years. http://bit.ly/2Dc7fzs