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Scenes During The Toxteth Riots In Liverpool 1981 Paint Splattered Police Arrest A Rioter The Toxteth Riots Of July 1981 Were A Civil Disturbance In Toxteth Inner-city Liverpool Which Arose In Part From Long-standing Tensions Between The Local Police

Scenes During The Toxteth Riots In Liverpool 1981 Paint Splattered Police Arrest A Rioter The Toxteth Riots Of July 1981 Were A Civil Disturbance In Toxteth Inner-city Liverpool Which Arose In Part From Long-standing Tensions Between The Local Police And The Black Community. The Merseyside Police Force Had At The Time A Poor Reputation Within The Black Community For Stopping And Searching Young Black Men In The Area Under The 'sus' Laws And The Perceived Heavy-handed Arrest Of Leroy Alphonse Cooper On Friday 3 July Watched By An Angry Crowd Led To A Disturbance In Which Three Policemen Were Injured. The Existing Tensions Between Police And People Had Already Been Noticed By Local Magistrate Councillor And Chair Of The Merseyside Police Committee Margaret Simey Who Was Frequently Critical Of The Tactics Used By The Then Chief Constable Kenneth Oxford. She Said Of The Rioters 'they Would Be Apathetic Fools . If They Didn't Protest' Although She Was Unprepared For The Personal Criticism That Followed. One Main Cause Of Poverty In The Area Was Containerisation At The Nearby Liverpool Docks Ending Thousands Of Waterfront-type Jobs Which Had Been Associated With The City Of Liverpool For Generations. With The Economy In Recession Unemployment In Britain Was At A 50-year High In 1981 And Toxteth Had One Of The Highest Unemployment Rates In The Country.

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