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Notting Hill Riots Vedant Singh
September 6, 1958
The event and the trigger
The Aftermath The sentencing of
the nine white youths arrested during the riots has passed into judicial lore as an example of
"exemplary sentencing" – a harsh punishment to act as a deterrent to others. Each of the youths received five years in prison and they were to also pay £500.
Another, entirely unrelated, riot occurred many years later in
1976 at the conclusion of the
Notting Hill Carnival after police arrested a pickpocket and a mixed group of both black and white youths came to his defence. The disturbance escalated and over 100 police officers were injured.
It started with a minor domestic dispute between a black man and his white wife. Majbritt Morrison, a young Swedish woman, was arguing outside Latimer Road
Tube station with her Jamaican husband, Raymond. It started with a minor domestic dispute between a black man and his white wife. Majbritt Morrison, a young Swedish woman, was arguing outside Latimer Road
Tube station with her Jamaican
Black can live in harmony!
husband, Raymond
“Down with the niggers"
"Go home you black bastards" "nigger hunting expedition". The horrific scene of the riot.
September 6, 1958
The event and the trigger
The Aftermath The sentencing of
the nine white youths arrested during the riots has passed into judicial lore as an example of
"exemplary sentencing" – a harsh punishment to act as a deterrent to others. Each of the youths received five years in prison and they were to also pay £500.
Another, entirely unrelated, riot occurred many years later in
1976 at the conclusion of the
Notting Hill Carnival after police arrested a pickpocket and a mixed group of both black and white youths came to his defence. The disturbance escalated and over 100 police officers were injured.
It started with a minor domestic dispute between a black man and his white wife. Majbritt Morrison, a young Swedish woman, was arguing outside Latimer Road
Tube station with her Jamaican husband, Raymond. It started with a minor domestic dispute between a black man and his white wife. Majbritt Morrison, a young Swedish woman, was arguing outside Latimer Road
Tube station with her Jamaican
Black can live in harmony!
husband, Raymond
“Down with the niggers"
"Go home you black bastards" "nigger hunting expedition". The horrific scene of the riot.