I know its local MP, David Lammy, as a man who, like the constituency he’s served for the past 21 years, is often defamed by the events of August 2011. I know Tottenham in all its diversity, complexity and volatility. Ten years ago to the day, the police killing of an armed suspect, Mark Duggan, became the catalyst for bloody riots that started in Tottenham but over the course of the next five days spread across England, resulting in five deaths, thousands of arrests, hundreds of criminal convictions, and as much as £300 million in property damage. I grew up a stone’s throw from Tottenham, North London, in the neighbouring East End hamlet of Walthamstow. When it comes to the English riots of 2011, I’ve got some skin in the game.
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