Protesters shouted “no justice, no peace”, and chanted that police were “murderers” as they marched through the streets of north London today to mark the fifth anniversary of Mark Duggan’s death.
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Members of the Justice for Mark Duggan campaign are marching from the Broadwater Farm estate to Tottenham police station.
The 2011 protest turned into a stand off with police before descending into violence.
Duggan’s death on August 4 2011 at the hands of a police marksman triggered riots across the capital in which shops were looted, buildings set alight and stand-offs with police. A jury delivered a verdict of lawful killing in January 2014, despite eight out of 10 jurors refuting claims made by the police officer who shot him that Duggan was holding a firearm at the time of his death.
For five days, violence and looting spread throughout parts of London as tensions boiled over following the police shooting of the 29-year-old.
In a statement released Saturday, Duggan’s family said they will seek justice for “as long as it takes”.
Saturday’s demonstrations come after Black Lives Matter activists were forcefully removed from a major road linking to London Heathrow airport on Thursday.
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They will also be remembering other black people who have died in controversial circumstances, including Cynthia Jarrett, Joy Gardner, Roger Sylvester and Jermaine Baker. “Where is justice for Sean Rigg, Leon Patterson and Kingsley Burrell?”
