- St Pauls riot
The St Pauls riot occurred in
St Pauls, Bristol ,England .On
April 2 1980 the police carried out a raid on the Black and White Café located on Grosvenor Road in the heart of St Pauls. It is unclear why the riot started either due to the police ripping a customer's trousers and refusing to pay [cite web |url=http://members.lycos.co.uk/brisray/bristol/briot.htm |title=St. Paul's Riot: 1980 |format= |work=Bristol Riots |accessdate=2006-06-01 Beware: (Site hasPop-up ad s)] or they were simply attacked as they removed alcohol from the café. The riot continued for many hours and caused large amounts of damage including a Lloyds Bank and post office. Several fire engines and twelve police cars were damaged along with the shops. One-hundred-and-thirty people were arrested and ninety were charged. The next day theDaily Telegraph headlined with, "19 Police Hurt in Black Riot" and blamed lack of parental care. [cite web |url=http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/02/25-years-since-the-st-pauls-riots/ |title=25 years since the St Pauls riots |accessdate=2006-06-01] Nineteen policemen and six other people were taken to hospital, including a cameraman and the photographer from theWestern Daily Press ; nobody died due to the riots. It is now thought that poverty and theSus law s were more important causes of the riots than race. [ cite web|url=http://www.warwick.ac.uk/CRER/differentreality/ra01_1.html | title=St. Paul's, Bristol 1980 and the LA Riots|accessdate=2007-09-14|author=John Rex] The Black & White Café had a notorious reputation as a drug den and was raided more times by the police than any other premises in the country. [cite web |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/drugs/story/0,,892149,00.html |title=Britain's most dangerous hard drug den |publisher=The Observer | date=9 February 2003 |accessdate=2006-06-01] The council used its powers of compulsory purchase and the building has now been demolished and replaced by new homes. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3146491.stm | work= BBC News | date=13 August 2003 |title=Riot cafe to be demolished|accessdate=2007-06-06] [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4614702.stm | work= BBC News | date=16 January 2006 |title=Homes replace former 'drugs' cafe|accessdate=2007-06-06]References
ee also
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Urban riots External links
* [http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/results.php?s=&categoryId%5B%5D=8&p=9 Portcities] with images of the riots
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