The bloodied face of Brixton

An account of the aftermath of the Brixton riot April 1981. Footage shot by Clovis Salmon. How events occured http://www.mattlox.com/brixton_riots

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Education

Tags:

• Brixton
• sam the wheels
• people
• signs & resistance
• herne hill
• riots
• 1981
• mattlox

[piperbob2]

If so many of these foreigners weren't violent criminals (muggers, looters, steamers, gangsters, drug pushers, car-jackers etc.) then the police wouldn't need to be heavy-handed.

[Mattloxart]

Perhaps if you look closer to home, you might find that "so many violent criminals etc." can also be British, born and bread in this very country. And let's not forget the Racists, clearly plenty of those left!!

Shame the fact this video content was shot by an Immigrant who was equally disgusted by the violence wasn't mentioned or indeed appreciated in your comment.

This is NOT a platform for open discrimination!!

Thanks piperbob er 2, God help us if there's more than 1 of you.

[aeronuk1]

Isn't it true that the ethnic minorities commit a significantly higher proportion of violent crime than whites? Maybe it's that knowlege that stirs racism among whites...

[Mattloxart]

Perhaps you ought to snuggle up with Piperbob2 in a darkened room, where you both clearly belong; a few Centuries ago!

[dennatrol81]

This is a very good video and its original. The riots happened because of many things but mainly because of the heavy handedness of the police when it came to stopping and searching black youth. Tensions were high in Brixton because of high unemployment levels and poverty. All these things combined, it was like a cauldron ready to bubble over and it finally did. These people were so frustrated and wanted their voices to be heard.

[GodwinCarpenter]

@Rosiejoeangela It's not becuase there are more white people in poverty than there are of blacks and yet blacks still commit more crime.

[Rosiejoeangela]

The problem should not be viewed in terms of black or white (or pink with yellow spots) .... it's about the class system that still rampantly exists in the UK.... perpetuated by the royal family, the capitalist system.... and the disunity that exists in the working class black and white communities.

[mrtoptenatten]

multiculturalisam does not work in the uk we tryed we dont want.....please fuck off now and let us hard working whites make britain great again all you black scroungers why do you come here ? its not for the weather is it

[Booze129]

and today 30 years later it happens again

[aeronuk1]

@poestencreasey No, the media doesn't just report the ethnic crime, if anything it covers it up, especially when it is racist crime against a white person.

All I know is that the ethnic areas are usually the violent no go zones and the white areas are much safer, i'v never got that through the media it's my own perception.

Also, isn't it true that 90% of street violent roberies in London are commited by black people who only make up 10% of the population?

[poestencreasey]

@aeronuk1 media just report the ethnic crime because people like you will then buy the paper. off course there's more white violent crime, have you ever been to a city centre nightclub on a friday night, whites fight for fun, they go to stadiums full of like minded thugs to watch football and fight. don't let popular media skew your perspective.

[KrissyKr1s]

wow! the irony of ignorance! the answer to why these riots happened, and others around the world similar can literally be answered within the comments on this page!

aside from that nonsense, growing up in and around Brixton thru the 80's, this is a brilliant video i am glad to have found!

many thanks for uploading

:D

[Anglosaxonbnp]

Not to mention the tax payer money to sponsor their "urban culture"