The 1981 New Cross Fire and the Brixton Riots
The New Cross Fire in 1981 claimed the lives of black youth at a birthday party and the aftermath would undoubtedly contribute to the Brixton riots

The New Cross Fire in 1981 claimed the lives of black youth at a birthday party and the aftermath would undoubtedly contribute to the Brixton riots
The stop and search SUS laws were based on the Vagrancy Act of 1824 and caused massive resentment among black youth in the 1980s
The Special Patrol Group was a Metropolitan unit that became very unpopular in the 1970s and was blamed for the 1981 riots in Brixton