Mark Duggan: the shooting that sparked nationwide riots

Opublikowano: 2026-08-03

When a specialist firearms officer fired the shot that killed Mark Duggan in August 2011, no one could have predicted what would follow. Within days, a community protest in Tottenham had erupted into disorder across London - and then into the worst rioting Britain had seen in a generation. Was Duggan lawfully killed, or the victim of police brutality? How did the police lose control of the streets? And was it always inevitable that this shooting would escalate into something far bigger? Andy unpacks the long history of tension between police and Duggan's North London community...