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Posts Tagged ‘riots’

The Hard Stop, an interview with filmmaker George Amponsah: Language of the unheard

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 25 August 2016 at 17:13

Documentary-maker George Amponsah talks Mark Duggan, Met policing and the best way to protest police violence

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The Hard Stop, an interview with filmmaker George Amponsah: Language of the unheard

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 25 August 2016 at 17:08
Protests in support of Mark Duggan.

Documentary-maker George Amponsah talks Mark Duggan, Met policing and the best way to protest police violence

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Police detective sacked over botched Mark Duggan gun investigation

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 25 April 2016 at 17:41
Mark Duggan shooting 2011 riots

Pistol-whipping committed by Kevin Hutchinson-Foster was not properly investigated by Met detective, police watchdog finds

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Hackney Heroine to stand as MP for Hitchin

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 February 2015 at 19:13

Pauline Pearce selected to contest her home county for the Liberal Democrats

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Ten teenagers arrested for repeated robbery of riot-hit newsagent

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 February 2015 at 11:16

Group of 15-17 year-olds target Clarence Convenience Store, one of the shops worst hit in the 2011 riots

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Alecky Blythe: ‘I don’t think theatre can change things greatly’

By East End Review | Friday 3 October 2014 at 11:59

Alecky Blythe reflects on a successful run with her verbatim play about the Hackney Riots, Little Revolution

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Bulk of London Mayor’s riot fund still unspent

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 August 2014 at 10:45

Report by London Assembly claims the 70m Mayor’s Regeneration Fund is not being spent fast enough

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‘This land is our land’: the Lammas Day ‘riots’ of August 1892

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 August 2014 at 16:01

Benjamin Mortimer recounts a Victorian fight for local land

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Leader — the legacy of the 2011 riots

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 August 2014 at 11:48

Three years on from the riots, are we preparing for more civil unrest?

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Hackney man charged with 1985 murder of PC Keith Blakelock appears in court

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 25 July 2013 at 15:49

44-year-old charged with stabbing to death policeman during Tottenham riots

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Leader – cash from chaos

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 February 2013 at 17:21

Local businesses are right to be angered by Hackney’s new fashion hub

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Cash for riot-hit businesses used to fuel ‘fashion hub’ claim Mare Street traders

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 February 2013 at 13:36

Narroway and Mare Street businesses are disappointed at how £2 million fund is being spent

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Hackney charity highlights ‘above average’ sentencing for those convicted of riot-related crimes

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 11:45

Prison sentence for man who threw cans at police shows tough approach towards rioters

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Look back at anger – why the Hackney riots last summer?

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 7 August 2012 at 21:17

A year on, The Hackney Citizen asks what we have learnt about the disturbances that raged across the borough

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London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ Diary: Day 9

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 5 August 2012 at 19:44

Hackney looks back at last year’s riots on the ninth day of sporting competition

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Interview: Made in Britain author James Gavin Bower on the Hackney riots

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 September 2011 at 10:26
Gavin James Bower

A Hackney novelist gives his take on the recent unrest

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Residents speak out on Hackney riots at Clarence Road

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 27 August 2011 at 12:42

Local people give their views at a get-together organised by church and community groups

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What caused the Hackney riots? A local teacher speaks out

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 25 August 2011 at 14:07
A car burns in Clarence Road E5 Monday 8 August 2011

“You could see it coming…the kids don’t feel like they’re part of anything, they don’t feel they’re being heard”

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Hackney: ‘these riots were about lack of opportunity’ – video

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 14 August 2011 at 11:22

Channel 4 video: a local filmmaker talks to two members of a gang about possible reasons for the riot and their relationship with the police

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What caused the Hackney riots? Local residents speak out

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 13 August 2011 at 13:50
Burning car Clarence Road E5 Monday 8 August 2011

“These teenagers have got nothing better to do… they think that they’re well hard”

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